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"Insulot" -- a word play on "insulin" and "slot machine" -- is a cell phone game that teaches people with diabetes about how different foods change how much insulin they require. Researchers studied the effects of the game on 30 Japanese diabetes patients ages 12 to 24. About 80 percent of Insulot players reported that the game was "useful as a learning tool," according to a letter the researchers wrote that was published in March in the journal Diabetes Care.
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"DLife" doesn't cater to a specific age group, and the audience typically includes both adults and children. The show features co-hosts Mother Love and Nicole Johnson Baker, an author and 1999 Miss America.
Regular contributors include Bob Arnot -- a doctor and the only person on the show who does not have diabetes -- as well as Gary Hall Jr., a former Olympic swimmer; J. Anthony Brown, a comedian and co-host of the Tom Joyner radio show; and Jim Turner, an actor.
The hosts and contributors say the reason they've chosen such a public outlet to discuss their disease is simple: So many people have diabetes but many are not taking proper care of themselves. (See "So Noted," Page F3.)
"I wasn't trying to be the poster child for diabetes," said Mother Love of her participation in "dLife." After years of "living to eat" and gaining excess weight, she said, she decided to start "eating to live" after her diabetes diagnosis. She wants "dLife" to help viewers learn.
"When you do it in an entertaining way," she said, "people will listen." ·
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