by DFALC | Mar 12, 2025 | #chefslead, #realschoolfood, #saveschoollunch, complicated, diabetes, doctor, Florida produce, Food, healthy kids, High blood pressure, hypertension, Lifestyle Medicine, meals, Obesity, PAD, physician, podiatrist, podiatry, prevention, PVD, wellness, womeninmedicine
The Long-Term Costs of Cutting Funding for Healthy School Meals By: Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka, DPMDipABLM, CWSP®, DipABMSP, FACCWS, PCWC, retd. AACFASMedical DirectorDeLand Foot and Leg CenterPodiatric Lifestyle Medicine and Wound Care ManagementAAWC BOD The recent...
by DFALC | Apr 29, 2023 | diabetes, Food, PAD, PVD, Vascular surgery, wellness, wound care
Hey MAC, you are not an innocent bystander Written by Check out this 4min read on Association for the Advancement of Wound Care ! Arteriosclerosis/arteriolosclerosis is used to describe several cardiovascular diseases, including those involving the blood vessels. In...
by Jenneffer | Apr 9, 2019 | diabetes, High blood cholesterol, High blood pressure, infection, neuropathy, nutrition, Obesity, patient, PVD, womeninmedicine
As, #TodaysPodiatrist, I have patients asking me about alternatives treatments, instead of taking “drugs”, for their neuropathy? They want answers, and we are here to help determine a treatment plan or give them answers about the underlying...
by Jenneffer | Jan 21, 2019 | diabetes, doctor, elderly, health care, High blood cholesterol, High blood pressure, meals, Obesity, physician, podiatrist, podiatry, PVD, science, wellness, wound care
Let’s talk about food?Over the past, almost 15 years, Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka’s expertise in podiatric surgery has helped thousands of patients. She opened her practice in 2005, DeLand Foot and Leg Center (DFALC), where she currently sees patients. DFALC...
by Jenneffer | Oct 24, 2015 | #chefslead, #realschoolfood, #saveschoollunch, chef, diabetes, healthy kids, High blood pressure, nutrition, Obesity, podiatry, PVD, school lunch
As a podiatrist, I know all too well that childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term effects on health and well-being. Education about proper nutrition starts at home and in the schools. “Schools play a particularly critical role by establishing a safe...
by Jenneffer | Sep 22, 2015 | ABI, diabetes, heart disease, heart surgery, High blood cholesterol, High blood pressure, hypertension, Obesity, PAD, PVD, smoking, Vascular surgery, wellness
What is and ANKLE-BRACHIAL INDEX (ABI) Test?An ABI test is a simple, reliable test for diagnosing PAD in the legs. The test measures the blood pressure in your ankles and compares it to that in your arms, while lying down comfortably in the office chair. The ABI...
