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Local, CTBill attended Bristol Eastern High School where he was a successful three sport athlete and National Honor Society member. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Academic Hall of Fame.
Bill went on to play Division II football at Bentley University and was Vice President of Bentley's Marketing Association, Student Government Academic Affairs officer, Member of the Bentley Leadership Council, and Health Services Student Representative. He graduated on the President's List with a Marketing Degree in 2002.
Bill was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of eight, at Uconn Medical Health Center. Bill has over 21 years of personal type 1 diabetes experience. His passion for diabetes awareness and positive encouragement for other people with diabetes has been his personal mission.
Bill made his first video on living with Diabetes in 2007. Since that time Bill has become the most recognized Diabetic Vlogger on the internet. With Bill's positive attitude and creativeness his videos have surpassed over 500,000 views. His videos have been featured on multiple diabetes sites including, TuDiabetes.org, Diabeticconect.com, DiabeticRockstar.com, WebMD, DiabetesDaily.com, ChildrenwithDiabetes.com, and many more.
Bill is the founder of www.1HappyDiabetic.com a website that encourages people with diabetes to live a happy and healthy diabetic life. www.1HappyDiabetic.com is a social website for people with diabetes and family members to share their diabetes experiences and learn from each other. 1HappyDiabetic's motto is that 'it's all about your attitude,' a place where you can find a friend with diabetes.
Bill was awarded the 2009 TuDiabetes.org Creative Mind award voted on by the diabetic online community. His award winning videos for 'Making Sense of Diabetes' led the way in spreading awareness of diabetes through internet video creation.
Bill Woods is a member of the Diabetes Online Community. He has an active role in the Diabetes Hands Foundation's Diabetes Advocate program. The Diabetes Advocate program includes diabetes bloggers and diabetes online communities working together to conduct outreach programs.
Bill's 'Real Stories' video is featured on the Global Diabetes Handprint foundation website. This foundation is designed to bring people touched by diabetes together. The Global Diabetes Handprint Foundation is sponsored by OneTouch.
Bill is the proud President of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Young Leadership Committee focusing on networking, social events, and fundraising for research to cure diabetes.
Bill went on to play Division II football at Bentley University and was Vice President of Bentley's Marketing Association, Student Government Academic Affairs officer, Member of the Bentley Leadership Council, and Health Services Student Representative. He graduated on the President's List with a Marketing Degree in 2002.
Bill was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of eight, at Uconn Medical Health Center. Bill has over 21 years of personal type 1 diabetes experience. His passion for diabetes awareness and positive encouragement for other people with diabetes has been his personal mission.
Bill made his first video on living with Diabetes in 2007. Since that time Bill has become the most recognized Diabetic Vlogger on the internet. With Bill's positive attitude and creativeness his videos have surpassed over 500,000 views. His videos have been featured on multiple diabetes sites including, TuDiabetes.org, Diabeticconect.com, DiabeticRockstar.com, WebMD, DiabetesDaily.com, ChildrenwithDiabetes.com, and many more.
Bill is the founder of www.1HappyDiabetic.com a website that encourages people with diabetes to live a happy and healthy diabetic life. www.1HappyDiabetic.com is a social website for people with diabetes and family members to share their diabetes experiences and learn from each other. 1HappyDiabetic's motto is that 'it's all about your attitude,' a place where you can find a friend with diabetes.
Bill was awarded the 2009 TuDiabetes.org Creative Mind award voted on by the diabetic online community. His award winning videos for 'Making Sense of Diabetes' led the way in spreading awareness of diabetes through internet video creation.
Bill Woods is a member of the Diabetes Online Community. He has an active role in the Diabetes Hands Foundation's Diabetes Advocate program. The Diabetes Advocate program includes diabetes bloggers and diabetes online communities working together to conduct outreach programs.
Bill's 'Real Stories' video is featured on the Global Diabetes Handprint foundation website. This foundation is designed to bring people touched by diabetes together. The Global Diabetes Handprint Foundation is sponsored by OneTouch.
Bill is the proud President of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Young Leadership Committee focusing on networking, social events, and fundraising for research to cure diabetes.
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01.31.11Be a Small Diabetic
Video by 1HappyDiabetic.com How big are your meals? Huge!!! Reducing the amount of carbs per meal can make your glucose control more predictable. 1HappyDiabetic discusses ways he tries to keep t... -
01.31.11You Don't Look Diabetic.
Video by 1HappyDiabetic,com Has someone ever said to you, that you don't look diabetic? Is that a complement or an insult? 1HappyDiabetic discusses just that? So do you think you look diabetic? -
12.31.10Did you get an A1c you did not like?
Video by 1HappyDiabetic and his new additon to the team! The video talks about what tips he does when you get an A1C number you are not happy with. What do you do when that happens. Laughing at the... -
12.31.10Diabetic Resolutions
A video made by 1HappyDiabeitc talking about when it is time to make a Diabetic Resolution. Some ideas of the bad habits he gave up are discussed in this video. -
11.16.10Pay It Forward Program - with Help from Wellthen.org
What better way to make people happy and promote wellness then by sharing videos? With this program it just got easier. www.1HappyDiabetic.com and www.wellthen.org have donated Mino HD Flip Camera...
