Guest(s)
Manny Hernandez
Topic
Spanish Speakers Can Find Diabetes Support On Facebook
Topic Info
HealthSeeker en Espanol utilizes the player's own Facebook friends as sources of inspiration and support on the road to better health. Manny Hernandez joins Danika to explain how the game motivates users to take simple, everyday missions to help achieve their lifestyle goals, such as losing weight, adding more fiber, fruit and vegetables to their diets, or increasing their daily activity.
Guest Info
Manny Hernandez is a nonprofit executive, social media author and consultant, and a diabetes advocate. After being diagnosed himself with diabetes in 2002, Manny created the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF). The organization is now regarded as a leading patient advocacy organization and a pioneer in social media. DHF offers support and information to more than 200,000 people every month through its online communities (www.TuDiabetes.org in English, www.EsTuDiabetes.org in Spanish) and other social media channels.
Host
Danika Quinn
Original Air Date
11 / 30 / 2010
