Talent Search Wellness Fair

By Tatiana

Russian Mission, AK

One of the Talent Search activities I enjoyed the most was the wellness fair. We learned about family violence, sexually transmitted diseases, diabetes, and how the use of tobacco can affect our lives.

I enjoyed the wellness fair because I learned a lot. People from YKHC talked to us about those important things. Thanks to them for taking time off to come and talk to us.

When we talked about tobacco I felt sorry for all those people in the Y-K Delta who smoke or chew. A lot of people in our region get cancer and die.

I think there is too much violence going on. People drink and start causing trouble. If there are kids in the house, they get scared. Seeing all that violence will affect their lives forever.

Alaska has the highest percentage of people Type 2 diabetes. We need to slow down on eating junk food and start exercising more. If you eat too much junk food and don’t exercise, your blood sugar will go up and you will have a high risk of getting diabetes.

There are also a lot of people in Alaska who have some type of a sexually transmitted disease. The most common one is Chlamydia. You need to wear protection if you decide to have sex. Chlamydia can spread even if you use a condom, so you need to be very careful.

The best part of the wellness fair was learning about diabetes. I enjoyed it the most because I learned that I need to stay healthy. If I don’t stay healthy, I know what can happen to me, and I don’t want that. There are too many diabetic people in Alaska.

The wellness program was great. I think that they should go to every village and talk to all the teenagers.

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