Kentucky Diabetes Network (KDN)
March 2025 Quarterly Meeting
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When it Isn’t
Physical Hunger
Margie Odum
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Margie Odom is the founder of Weight Within, a speaker, consultant, and author of The Weight Within: Healing Emotional Eating from the Inside Out. A licensed marriage and family therapist, she specializes in helping individuals, couples, and businesses break through psychological barriers that hold them back from success in their lives, careers, and relationships. Margie empowers clients to overcome the mental and emotional blocks that prevent lasting weight loss and well-being. Margie recently was Chief Engagement Officer at Thrive365, a digital diabetes platform, where she developed and implemented engagement strategies to enhance user experience. Margie is dedicated to guiding emotional eaters toward lasting transformation, helping them heal from the inside out.
Delivering Wellness: Health Outcomes
of Meal Services
Whitney Allen
Whitney Allen is a seasoned public health professional currently serving as the Director of Clinical Quality at UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kentucky. She oversees the value-based purchasing program and leads a team focused on quality improvement and health equity. She’s served in multiple rolls at UHC within the past five years with prior experience at the KY Primary Care Association, a local federally qualified health center in southeastern KY and a hospital system. With a Master of Public Health from Eastern Kentucky University and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and Health Science from Georgetown College, Whitney has a strong academic foundation. Her career highlights include roles in community engagement consulting, business development, legislative affairs, and member services. Her dedication to fostering inclusive environments and building community relationships has been impactful in helping people receiving Medicaid benefits live healthier lives. Whitney resides in London Kentucky with her husband, two children and farm animals.
Empower Your Health:
Movement for Diabetes Management
Terry Gehrke
Terry Gehrke is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Diabetes Network and a leader in corporate health and wellness. As the owner of Balanced Wellness, a nationwide corporate wellness company, she partners with organizations to create healthier workplaces. She also manages the Kentucky Farm Bureau Fitness facility, where she brings her passion for movement to life by teaching strength training, spin, and personal training. A certified health educator, wellness coach, and exercise physiologist, Terry is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations thrive. When she’s not coaching or leading wellness initiatives, you’ll likely find her on a paddleboard, embracing the joy of movement and the great outdoors.
Documents:
EIM-Health-Care-Providers-Action-Guide-clickable-links
Foundational_Health_Exercise-Physical-Activity-Type-2-Diabetes-Consensus-Statement-ACSM_2022
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