Diabetes and jeopardy are two words not generally associated.

But this evening the two did relate when students played the popular quiz game and learned health precautions along the way.

Krishka Abella, Marie Staudy and Jennifer Cockerham, health center peer educators and Sacramento State dietetics majors, presented and moderated a discussion that informed students about diabetes and how to prevent it.

“We feel it’s important for students to find out about diabetes and be aware,” Cockerham said.

Felix Bedolla, community service chair for the Gamma Zeta Alpha fraternity, said the event is done to provide awareness about prevention to the campus community.

“This is the third annual diabetes awareness event we do and we want to get it out there and for people to expect it every year,” Bedolla said.

Martin Ruiz, sophomore mechanical engineering major and Gamma Zeta Alpha member, said the event was for the most part aimed at the Latino population on campus.

“Latinos have a high risk of diabetes due to hereditary factors and also because the typical style of diet,” Ruiz said.

Alma Lopez, senior biology major, also felt that the issue of diabetes is very important to Latinos.

“A lot of people don’t know about diabetes and what it’s about, so I think it’s great that this event was done,” Lopez said.

At the end of the game, those presenting asked the audience to raise their hands if they had a history of diabetes in their family. The majority of the audience raised its hand.

Andres Cuevas can be reached at [email protected]