document: About 7 percent of the general population has diabetes , McNamara said. ; Hispanics who have strong American Indian ancestry may be vulnerable to diabetes because about 50 percent of all Indians develop diabetes , McNamara said . Also , the high-fat diet of many Hispanics leads to obesity , which seems to trigger diabetes , McNamara said. ; Eighty percent of Hispanics over 40 who are diagnosed as diabetic are overweight , she said. ; The clinic Saturday will focus on three ways to manage diabetes -- diet , exercise and medication . Participants will learn that traditional dishes can be just as tasty -- but healthier -- when made with unsaturated fats , and that exercise will reduce weight , which in turn will lower the possibility of contracting diabetes. ; `` There is no magic pill to cure diabetes . You have to manage your own diabetes , and we 're teaching people how to take care of themselves , '' McNamara said. ; The hospital and the diabetes society are sponsoring neighborhood diabetes programs for Hispanics , which are taught by bilingual instructors. ; The programs , which first began in 1984 , are aimed at people who speak only Spanish or people who are more comfortable receiving instruction in that language. ; `` We found that the regular programs that we started years ago were not reaching the monolingual Spanish-speaker , '' McNamara said. ; IF YOU 'RE INTERESTED ; The diabetes management program for Hispanics will be from 9 a.m. to noon at St. Louise Health Center , 18500 St. Louise Drive , off Cochrane Road in Morgan Hill . Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Further information is available from the Diabetes Society of Santa Clara Valley at -LRB-408-RRB- 287-3785 . .
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abstractive_keyphrases: high-fat diet