Dining with Diabetes
Dining with Diabetes is a series of four classes conducted by Ohio State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences and community health partners.
The program includes:
- Live cooking demonstrations
- Menu planning
- Diabetes management
- Carbohydrate-counting
- Insights on portion control
- Label-reading
- Healthy recipe taste-testing
Diabetes costs Ohio $12.3 billion annually. According to 2020 state of Ohio data, more than 12.3% of Ohio adults have been diagnosed with diabetes — an increase of almost 37% since 2000. If these trends continue, 1 in 3 Ohioans will develop diabetes sometime in their lifetime. Those with diabetes lose an average of 10–15 years of potential life and can develop serious complications such as cardiovascular disease, blindness, kidney failure and non-traumatic lower extremity amputations.
Nutrition is the cornerstone of diabetes management, and Dining with Diabetes helps Ohioans manage their own or that of a family member’s diabetes through nutrition education. Participants learn to prepare healthy, well-balanced meals without compromising taste.
| County | FCS Educator | Phone | |
| Clark | Kathy Tutt | tutt.19@osu.edu | 937-521-3860 |
| Clermont | Margaret Jenkins | jenkins.188@osu.edu | 513-732-7070 |
| Coshocton | Emily Marrison | marrison.12@osu.edu | 740-622-2265 |
| Erie | Donna Green | green.308@osu.edu | 419-627-7631 |
| Fairfield | Shannon Carter | carter.413@osu.edu | 740-653-5419 |
| Fayette | Sarah Sowell | sowell.31@osu.edu | 740-239-5174 |
| Franklin | Jenny Lobb | lobb.3@osu.edu | 614-866-6900 |
| Greene | Laura Halladay | halladay.6@osu.edu | 937-736-7218 |
| Hardin | Jami Dellifield | dellifield.2@osu.edu | 419-674-2297 |
| Harrison | Joseph Maiorano | maiorano.2@osu.edu | 740-942-8823 |
| Holmes | Kate Shumaker | shumaker.68@osu.edu | 330-674-3015 |
| Licking | Shari Gallup | gallup.1@osu.edu | 740-670-5319 |
| Mahoning | Beth Stefura | stefura.2@osu.edu | 330-533-5538 |
| Montgomery | Pat Holmes | holmes.86@osu.edu | 937-637-6537 |
| Morrow | Candace Heer | heer.7@osu.edu | 419-947-1070 |
| Ottawa | Katie Schlagheck | schlagheck.11@osu.edu | 419-898-3631 |
| Pickaway | TBA | pickaway.osu.edu | 740-474-7534 |
| Pike | Tammy Jones | jones.5640@osu.edu | 740-289-4837 |
| Ross | Lisa Barlage | barlage.7@osu.edu | 740-702-3200 |
| Sandusky | Katie LaPlant | laplant.8@osu.edu | 419-898-3631 |
| Scioto | Treva Williams | williams.973@osu.edu | 740-354-7879 |
| Trumbull | Marie Economos | economos.2@osu.edu | 330-638-6783 |
| Tuscarawas | Chris Kendle | kendle.4@osu.edu | 330-339-2337 |
| Vinton | Kate Homonai | homonai.3@osu.edu | 740-596-5212 |
| Washington | Amanda Bohlen | bohlen.19@osu.edu | 740-376-7431 |
| Wood | Susan Zies | zies.1@osu.edu | 419-354-9050 |
| State Contact | Dan Remley | remley.4@osu.edu | 740-289-2071 |
| Dining with Diabetes Classes Being Offered Around the State | ||||
| Dates | County | Contact | Time | |
| TBA | Virtual | Marie Economos | economous.2@osu.edu | |
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November 5, 12, 19, and 26 |
Pike | Tammy Jones | jones.5640@osu.edu | 6-8 pm |
| October 3, 10, 17 and 24 | Licking | Shari Gallup | gallup.1@osu.edu | 5:30-7:30 pm |
| TBA | Clermont | Margaret Jenkins | jenkins.188@osu.edu | |
| TBA | Franklin / Morrow | Jenny Lobb / Candace Heer | lobb.3@osu.edu / heer.7@osu.edu | |
| Take Charge of your Diabetes Classes | ||||
| Dates | County | Contact | Time | |
| TBA | Licking | Shari Gallup | gallup.1@osu.edu | |
| TBA | Clermont | Margaret Jenkins | jenkins.188@osu.edu | |
| TBA | Franklin / Morrow | Jenny Lobb / Candace Heer | lobb.3@osu.edu / heer.7@osu.edu | |