The LifeStyle Festival 2008 continues its non-profit Healthy Encores™ series which will make a difference in the lives of the people of the Virgin Islands.

Our mission with this social cause component, LifeStyle Festival 2008 non-profit Healthy Encores™ : Health Awareness for Healthy Living” is to brand life saving and enhancing healthcare information and messages in the U. S. and the U. S. Virgin Islands. While Healthy Encores™ continues to spotlight diabetes awareness, management and prevention, other health disparities will be addressed.

LifeStyle Festival 2008 non-profit Healthy Encores™: Health Awareness for Healthy Living” is the healthy encore to the 3-day festival that focuses on health, wealth, education and musical entertainment. Healthy Encores™ features a unique opportunity for the healthcare, scientific, and corporate community to present information and issues to various diverse communities in an effort to raise health awareness and impact behaviors in historically at risk populations. What makes Healthy Encores™ unique is that it leverages the high profile nature and celebrity of the entertainment aspect of the Festival to attract, captivate, and educate the community. The event is infused with national celebrity appearances and local performances as “the draw” or incentive for individuals to attend.

We plan to touch lives every year with our mission to raise health awareness and improve the lives of people living with health disparities. You are invited to join us at the LifeStyle Festival Healthy Encores™ 2008: as we directly reach and improve the lives of millions of people in the U.S. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

For Information on Healthy Encores:

St. Croix - Health Fair & St. Thomas - Symposium:
Sherry Barnarby vicmec2003@yahoo.com

St. Thomas - Health Fair:
Lolo: Quietway55@verizon.net

For Festival Info:
Lolo - Quietway55@verizon.net

Diabetes Facts:

• There are 20.8 million people in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed, unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.
• Diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States
• In 2005 1.5 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people age 20 years or older.
• Approximately 5.4 million or 22.8% of all African and Hispanic Americans aged 20 years or older have diabetes.

The Signs of diabetes include...

• Abnormal weight lost
• Blurred vision
• Frequent Urination
• Intense Hunger
• Tiredness
• Extreme Thirst
• Irritability

Go to www.diabetes.org to take the Risk Test

Diabetes statistics are from American Diabetes Association website at www.diabetes.org.