Type 1 diabetes support resources for adults and parents of teens
Although traditionally associated with children and originally referred to as “juvenile diabetes”, new research shows that onset of type 1 diabetes...
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The role of the credentialled diabetes educator in a tertiary hospital weight loss program – the Blacktown Hospital Experience
Overweight and obesity are increasingly prevalent conditions that impact significantly on individual morbidity and mortality, as well as on the...
Obesity and Diabetes – Nutritional Considerations
Diabetes rates have escalated within the last three decades to affect 1.2 million Australians 1. It is no coincidence that within this same...
The NDSS Diabetes in Schools Program
The Diabetes in Schools Program is a Government-funded National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) initiative that aims to develop a nationally consistent...
App-solutley fabulous: Smartphone apps and type 1 diabetes management in children and adolescents
More than 80% of Australian adolescents aged 14-17 years own a smartphone, and are frequent users of phone apps1. Increasingly, children...
One year of DIY looping after 38 years of type 1 diabetes
One year ago I started do-it-yourself (DIY) looping with the hybrid closed loop system, OpenAPS1. I’d been living with type 1 diabetes...
Providing Support to Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes
If asked, many parents would be likely to agree that inheriting the “worry gene” is almost a rite of passage when having children. However, parents...
Exercising with type 1 diabetes
The effort starts well before exercise begins and continues beyond each session into the night!
...Type 1 diabetes and older people: considerations for managing a complex disease in a changing environment
Older age is a vital life stage. Most older people are independent and self-caring but some depend on varying degrees of support, especially older...