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21 February 2014 Phuong Nguyen 2510 Woodhull Ave Bronx, NY 10469 The Honorable Bill de Blasio Mayor of New York City City Hall New York, NY 10007 Dear Mayor Blasio, As society develops, people do not stop seeking access to healthcare services in order to ensure a better quality of life. With largely diverse populations, the Bronx has emerged to be a widely populated community in New York City. As a result, the challenges present in the community are overpopulation, polluted environment, excessive fast food chains, and noise pollution due to various transportations that are a root cause of many healthcare problems. One of the most significant is diabetes and the Bronx in particular has turned into the biggest epicenter of New York City’s diabetes crisis. Since diabetes has exploded into an alarming epidemic all over the country, it has become a formidable disease and also the seventh leading cause of death with multiple life-threatening complications and consequences for American society nowadays. Being a national priority concern, diabetes needs to be controlled to provide healthy communities for the American people, particularly residents located geographically in the Bronx community in New York. As the mayor of a metropolitan city, you have the new role in building a healthier community and protecting New Yorkers against health challenges by implementing strategies to tackle diabetes. I believe the diabetes epidemic in my community can be resolved by your healthcare reform and innovations. On behalf of the authority of local governments, I have confidence that you will have policies and incentives which create more access to healthy food and encourage physical activity in an environment that benefits all people living in ... ... middle of paper ... ...s. The medical institutions with diabetic supplies should intervene and reinforce continual education and medical support while the research centers should be encouraged to invent new drugs to treat diabetes. Diabetes has been emerging prevalently in the Bronx, New York and also all over the United States. Fortunately, it can be controlled by healthy behaviors, good eating habits and physical activity that help to achieve and sustain optimal health. Healthy people make up healthy communities; therefore, the government should create unlimited healthcare support as well as disease prevention and early interventions for residents in the Bronx community. The more we care, the healthier community we live in, and the better society we will have. Let’s fight for a community without diabetes! Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Phuong Nguyen

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