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Lake County Native Americans Learn Power of Exercise to Fight Diabetes

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Hiring a personal fitness trainer is a luxury for most of us. But at the Lake County Tribal Health clinic, it's free. Patients with diabetes or at risk for the disease can enroll in a program to lose weight with trainer Johnny Gonzales. For our series Vital Signs, we met up with Gonzales as he coached Jorge Mendez through some weightlifting exercises.

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