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DFSC, a long-term commitment to reduce health care disparities and improve the health status of all South Carolinians affected by diabetes, was launched in 2020. Discover how the organization aims to increase health equity throughout South Carolina.

Careful meal planning and preparation is key to managing diabetes. But many people affected by diabetes also are affected by food insecurity. Learn how DFSC is helping to reduce the racial and income disparities in the prevalence and severity of diabetes, and in access to care, that afflict our state.

Dr. Timothy Lyons, Executive Medical Director for Diabetes Free SC (DFSC), contributed a Letter to the Editor to the Post & Courier. Read his letter and discover his strategies for how DFSC will help reduce the impact diabetes has on families in South Carolina.

A healthy diet, exercise, weight control and, if applicable, smoking cessation, are big steps in the right direction to manage diabetes. Discover eight ways you can help manage diabetes.

Dr. Timothy Lyons, executive medical director for Diabetes Free SC, and Noreen O’Donnell, program director, offer insights into the DFSC mission. Find out what they have to say about diabetes prevention and treatment, as well as the role DFSC play in both.