Back to School with Diabetes – Family Guide to Managing Diabetes
Easy to read diabetes management guide for parents with diabetic children in school. Planning, teaming up and steps to keep your child safe in school.
Easy to read diabetes management guide for parents with diabetic children in school. Planning, teaming up and steps to keep your child safe in school.
Diabetes affects people in so many ways. In addition to those with diabetes, it affects family members, caregivers, teachers, friends and co-workers. Learn about how diabetes affects different people based on factors such as gender and race — and learn how you can best prepare yourself.
As a person with diabetes, your daily routine involves schedules and planning. An emergency can seriously affect your health. It may be difficult to cope with a disaster when it occurs. You and your family should plan and prepare beforehand even if the event is loss of electricity for a few hours.
We hear about vegetables’ importance to health all the time, but many children and adolescents still don’t eat even one serving a day.
Whether you are a person with diabetes or a family member or friend, you can prepare a meal that is healthy and tastes great.
Teens with diabetes and their families often face unique challenges. Bad feelings are normal every now and then. But in order to feel better, teens need to learn to take charge of their diabetes – and families can help.
A healthy diet doesn’t have to be expensive. Start by planning meals and making a grocery list ahead of time to take charge of what you eat. Follow these tips while grocery shopping to help you and your entire family make healthy food choices.
Researchers say that medication education is a key factor in helping patients with diabetes better stick to their drug treatments plans.
Whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, what, when, and how much you eat all affect your blood glucose.
As any travel agent or stranded tourist will tell you, planning ahead is the key to a successful trip. And this is particularly true for people with diabetes.
People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes often resist taking insulin because they fear gaining weight, developing low blood sugar and seeing their quality of life decline. A study recently completed suggests that those fears are largely unfounded.
The way you cook for a person with diabetes is the way you should cook for the whole family. By cutting down the fat, sugar, and sodium in recipes, you lower everyone’s risk for diabetes and other chronic diseases.