Portrait: Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan | Blood Sugar Rising

Meet Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, an intervention scientist focused on improving the food environments of tribal communities, and learn how the conditions created by cultural genocide have put Native Americans at a much higher risk for diabetes than the general population, in this video from Blood Sugar Rising. Use this resource to stimulate thinking and questions around different populations’ risks of chronic disease and the influence culture can have on health practices and behaviors.