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Diabetes preventable, reversable with right tools, doctor says

By Debra Pressey
Tuesday November 11, 2008

Robin Scholz

Dr. John Stokes talks about diabetes prevention and treatment at his office at Christie Clinic at Windsor Road and Mattis Avenue in Champaign.

CHAMPAIGN – Dr. John Stokes reaches into a pile of magazines in a Christie Clinic exam room and grabs one with a luscious-looking dessert on the cover.

So much of our society centers around eating, he says. Is it any wonder his patients have such a tough time controlling their weight, even when their lives depend on it?

"Everywhere you go, you're bombarded by food," he says.

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