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Diabetes and Your Health
A learning and activities-based session to empower people living with diabetes.
This session combines information and
activities developed to provide people living
with diabetes an understanding of how to improve self-management.
Take the steps for staying healthy with diabetes through attending this 2-hour session.
Join us for an opportunity to plan your health.
Topics
Understanding diabetes
- Managing diabetes
- Your Annual Cycle of Care
What to eat
- Unpacking healthy eating
- Nutrients for health
- The Glycaemic Index
Goal setting for action
- Planning with your doctor
- Setting personal goals
Background
Managing your diabetes is very important for your long-term good health. Diabetes complications can be prevented or delayed with greater understanding and positive action.
The Diabetes and Your Health Session will focus on understanding diabetes and goals of self-management using the Annual Cycle of Care for regular health checks.
Your general health and wellbeing can improve by gaining skills and knowledge based on healthy eating principles and recommendations for planning your goals.
Session outcomes
At the end of the 2-hour session participants will have gained:
- A better understanding of diabetes
self-management
- An ability to recognise the key elements
to improve health
- An awareness of the importance of an Annual Cycle of Care
- Knowledge of healthy eating principles,
key nutrients and Glycemic Index
- Goal setting skills to help manage
life with diabetes
This session is FREE for Diabetes SA members, $25 for non-members.