Lindsey Wahowiak

Tag: diabetes

  • Food Deserts Mar the Land of Plenty

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    (Originally published in the September 2013 issue of Diabetes Forecast.) Steph Larsen knows about farming. As a small farmer, assistant director of organizing at the Center for Rural Affairs, and a former columnist at Grist, an environmental newsmagazine, she’s had her hands in the soil and has harvested healthy food. And yet, despite living out…

  • David Sedaris on Health Care

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    (Originally published online on April 23, 2013, for Diabetes Forecast.) David Sedaris is king of the humorous essay. Even if you’ve never read one of his books (Me Talk Pretty One Day, When You Are Engulfed in Flames), you’ve probably heard his “SantaLand Diaries” on public radio at Christmastime. For nearly 20 years, he’s hooked readers…

  • Making Peace with the Food Police

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    (Originally published in the November 2012 issue of Diabetes Forecast.)   We know about the “diabetes police”—those folks who, while trying to be helpful, can come across as bossy and even hurtful when addressing other people’s health issues. Then there are the food police—the people who can’t help but ask, “Should you be eating that?” The…

  • Feature: Tennis Ace Elizabeth Profit Aims to Go Pro

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    (Originally published July 2012, Diabetes Forecast magazine.) I interviewed young tennis player and type 1 diabetic Elizabeth Profit for the July issue of Diabetes Forecast magazine. You can read the full story here.

  • Rodeo hero Boyd Bush

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    (Originally published in the April 2012 issue of Diabetes Forecast.) My first cover story for Diabetes Forecast has arrived, a year to the day after I started working there! To read the complete story, click here. When I visited Austin for SXSW, I was able to deliver a few copies of the magazine to Boyd…

  • Sincerely, Lee Ann

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    (Originally published in the March 2012 issue of Diabetes Forecast.) I interviewed Lee Ann Thill, an art therapist and diabetes advocate, for the latest issue of Diabetes Forecast. Read it all here!