Patricia Jones was bewildered when her doctor told her she had diabetes. By working with a Health Coach at the UTHSC Health Hub in Uptown, she quickly learned how to manage her diabetes. Healthy eating and regular exercise are now part of her everyday life

Kut Kut, a Memphis college student at Bethel University, was diagnosed with high blood sugar while in high school. Thanks to his mom Janet’s commitment to a healthy diet by cooking the cuisine of her native South Sudan, his blood sugar soon went back to normal.

Jan Blair, who lives in the Appalachian area of Tennesee in Johnson City, has survived four heart attacks. She knows firsthand how vitally important –and hard– it is to take actions such as quitting smoking and making healthy food choices