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More than 20,000 participants took approximately 50 million steps in total in Dubai on Friday in a bid to raise awareness about diabetes and promote the benefits of a healthier lifestyle.<\/br>Renuka Jagtiani, Vice-Chairperson of Landmark Group, led the two-kilometre Beat Diabetes Walk along with senior officials from the group as well as representatives of Dubai Sports Council and the Dubai based diabetes support group \u2013 I am Number One \u2013 comprising of children with Type 1 diabetes and their families.
<\/br>Following the two-kilometre walk, walkers were herded towards the area that enabled free diabetes checks and blood glucose tests were administered by medical professionals.
<\/br>\u201cThere must have been at least 500 people wearing blue shirts and caps and walking at a snail\u2019s pace at Zabeel Park in the morning. Families, elders and young children alike arrived in big family-sized cars and parked in front of Area A, Gate 1.\u00a0 Everywhere you could see white and blue, the colour scheme of the event. Balloons in those colours swayed in the air and the presumably helium-filled ones were untied to float upwards,\u201d added Chandrakala, Manager NVOCC-Operations, CSS.
<\/br>CSS staff that participated in the Walk were, Chandrakala, Manager NVOCC-Operations, CSS, Ebie Babu, Sales Executive, Ruby Varkey, Sales Coordinator and Sasi Kala, Fashion Designer\/Owner, Kala Fashion Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"