The Big Blue Test on World Diabetes Day
November 14 is World Diabetes Day. On that day, at 14:00 hours (local time), thousands of people with diabetes will test their blood sugar, do 14 minutes of exercise, test again and share their results on TuDiabetes or on Twitter.
The event is called The Big Blue Test because blue is the color associated with World Diabetes Day. It is based on a test-in activity that took place July 14, where more than a thousand people with diabetes tested their blood sugar at the same time and shared their results online. This time, the activity incorporates 14 minutes of physical activity to reinforce the importance of exercise.
Participating in this event to raise diabetes awareness on November 14 is easy:
1. At 2 pm (your local time), test your blood sugar.
2. Run, jog, walk the dog or do anything you’d normally do as part of your exercise routine for 14 minutes.
3. Test your blood sugar again.
4. If you are a member of TuDiabetes click on the home page banner and share your readings and what exercise you did between them. If you have a camera, you can also add a photo of your reading(s) or you exercising.
5. If you have a Twitter account, post your readings on Twitter (use the #bigblue hashtag) and link back to: http://bigbluetest.org.
We hope to see most readings posted at 14 hours (2 pm) local time, on November 14. If you are early or late, it’s OK.
What really matters is that you test your blood sugar often and that you exercise regularly. If you don’t have diabetes, you can still take The Big Blue Test. Regardless, tell others to test, exercise and share on November 14.
IMPORTANT:
If due to disability or medical advice you cannot exercise, naturally we don't expect you to do anything that will put you or your health at risk. We'd love you to participate entering your blood sugar readings.
UPDATE (Oct. 21, 2009):
If you work in media or have access to local media, please help us get the word out about the event, by sending them the press release attached below.
UPDATE (Nov. 1, 2009):
Here are a couple of banners (one static, one animated) that you can use to include in your blog. Please remember to link it to http://bigbluetest.org (which points back to this page).
Tags: awareness, bigbluetest, blue, diabetes, test-in, wdd
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Permalink Reply by nel peach on -
Manny , I think , the images for the banner would work , if I can print off , even if the page is small and I can cut in half ?
Thanks, N.
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on -
Cool.
Here you go:
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Permalink Reply by nel peach on
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Manny , here is frugal me at work : hate to print off 8 pages ( maybe more at this moment ) to get to this part ( see above ) ...and one day I will know more about computer usuage even if your help and ideas are " A-one "'s regarding my question: thanks for your help. ...I believe I am able to make a " poster " with one of the cards you mailed out
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on
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Sounds good!
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Permalink Reply by Katie I. on
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Nice! I definitely want to do this but I am running a half marathon on Nov. 14! Yikes. I will definitely be testing all morning because the race starts at 7:30 am! I will most likely be in the car on the way back home at 14:00, but hopefully I can figure out a way to do the 14 minutes of exercise... even though I'll probably be tired & sore! LOL
Thanks for raising awareness of WDD. :)
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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on
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Make sure to share pics and stories from the race either that day or the day after! Best of luck!
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Permalink Reply by nel peach on
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What a perfect day to run a half ...is your finishing time 1.14.14 ?? Finish upright and smiling , no matter what your time is ...you likely don't have to do a 14 min. exercise ...and you are my CHAMPION of the day Katie l :-)
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Oh Nel, thank you!! It's so nice to know the TuD community is rooting for me. :) It's my first half and I'm a little nervous but hopefully it will be fun!! I'm going to try to post a race recap on my page.
Thanks again for your sweet note! I hope you have a good day!
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Permalink Reply by Anna Kiff (FatCatAnna) on -
I'm going to be in Ottawa that day - so going to take over someones lap top - so I can participate - going to get my Godson to partake. He's going to go on an insulin pump soon - so I'm showing him how I can eat Halloween candy without going crazy in the BG range - am I a bad adult or what? (this will be done after we've done our exercise). I've also ordered up a blue nose stud for the day - so I'll be decked out in blue, blue, and more blue. If I was at home in Montreal, we had planned on lighting up our house with blue lights, but alas, that'll be another year!
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Someone suggested I contact all University of California campuses telling them about The Big Blue Test. I went to the Student Health web pages for all campuses and sent them the following note. Please consider contacting the Health Service at your local universities, letting them know about The Big Blue Test, copying as much or as little of this message as you deem necessary:
"As a California-based nonprofit focused on diabetes awareness, we at the Diabetes Hands Foundation decided to contact the Health Services in all UC campuses to let you know about an online diabetes awareness activity we're organizing this Saturday, Nov. 14 (World Diabetes Day) at 2 pm local time. Considering nearly 280 million people worldwide live with diabetes (24+ million of them in the US), we know a large number of your students will benefit from participating in this online event.
The event is called The Big Blue Test (http://bigbluetest.org). Its goal is to raise awareness around the importance of blood glucose testing and physical activity for people with diabetes. In the process, thousands of people touched by diabetes will connect with others with diabetes as they participate, testing their blood glucose, doing 14 minutes of exercise, testing again and sharing their results online.
Participating in The Big Blue Test is easy:
1. Nov. 14 at 2 pm, test your blood sugar.
2. Run, jog, walk or do anything you’d normally do as part of your exercise routine for 14 minutes.
3. Test your blood sugar again.
4. Go to http://bigbluetest.org and post your readings and what physical activity you did. If you have a camera, you can also add a photo of your reading(s) or you exercising.
5. If you have a Twitter account, you can also post your readings on Twitter (use the #bigbluetest hashtag) and link back to http://bigbluetest.org.
Thanks for your attention. We hope you will consider sharing the information about this global diabetes awareness event with your students."
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