The city is 82 percent Hispanic and more than 85,000 people have diabetes in El Paso.
The border city, with a population of more than 800,000, has long been considered one of the unhealthiest cities in America, with a high rate of obesity that saw Men’s Fitness magazine rate it as the seventh most obese city.
“Texas is one of 28 states that participate in a CDC-sponsored program to reduce obesity and other chronic diseases.
Obesity is one of the main causes of diabetes and the El Paso Diabetes Association (EPDA) says that as many as 25 percent of those stricken with the disease in El Paso don’t know they have it.