Jewel-Osco Offers "Eating Healthy with My Diabetes" Store Tours

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"Eating Healthy with My Diabetes" educational tours are designed to help Jewel-Osco customers learn to choose better-for-you foods and eat healthfully, while incorporating foods they love into their meal plans.
"Eating Healthy with My Diabetes" educational tours are designed to help Jewel-Osco customers learn to choose better-for-you foods and eat healthfully, while incorporating foods they love into their meal plans.

Jewel-Osco Offers free "Eating Healthy with My Diabetes" Store Tours Program helps customers learn to eat healthfully with diabetes yet still incorporate foods they love into their meal plans.

At a time when nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes and an estimated 79 million have pre-diabetes(1), JEWEL-OSCO, part of the nationwide SUPERVALU INC. family of grocery stores, is offering its "Eating Healthy with my Diabetes" in-store tours through the end of 2011. The free educational tours are designed to help customers learn to choose better-for-you foods and eat healthfully, while incorporating foods they love into their meal plans.

Specially-trained pharmacists and registered dietitians guide the FREE in-store tours, covering topics such as reading Nutrition Facts labels and identifying healthier food options such as high fiber grains and choices lower in saturated-fat, which are easily identified by nutrition iQ, JEWEL-OSCO's color-coded in-store nutritional navigation system. Tour content is geared for those who have diabetes and also extends to friends, family members and others who may be able to take action now to delay or stop their own diagnosis of diabetes.

"Managing diabetes is about understanding the importance of balanced nutrition, regular meals and choosing from a variety of food groups throughout the day. Our tours help customers discover how they can enjoy controlled portions from every food group and eat things they like, including what they need to help manage their blood sugar," said JEWEL-OSCO Registered Dietitian Kim Kirchherr, MS, RD, LDN, CDE.

JEWEL- OSCO 's Eating Healthy with My Diabetes tours will run through early December. To find a tour near you, to register for a tour or to obtain additional information, consumers can visit their local JEWEL-OSCO pharmacy or call 1-800-403-8238 or register online at www.eatinghealthywithmydiabetes.com.

To learn more about the Eating Healthy with My Diabetes tour program, visit www.eatinghealthywithmydiabetes.com .

Source: JEWEL-OSCO

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