First in a series of reports by Appalshop's Parker Hobson about efforts underway in Eastern Kentucky to reduce through lifestyle changes Kentucky's high rates of type 2 diabetes.  This report was made possible, in part, by the Kentucky Department of Public Health.  

To see if you might be at risk for prediabetes, there is a short quiz you can take at http://doihaveprediabetes.org.  

Music in this report ("Bergen County Farewell" and "Across the Tappen Zee") was performed by Glenn Jones & Laura Baird, from the WFMU collection on the Free Music Archive (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Glenn_Jones/Live_on_WFMUs_Irene_Trudels_show_-_July_1st_2013_1868).