Diabetes 101 – Understanding The Basics

Description:

Join our Registered Dietitian for this 90 min session for people with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. You will learn:

  • What pre diabetes/diabetes means
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Complications of the disease
  • What your lab results for blood sugar control mean
  • How meal timing affects your blood sugar
  • Which foods affect your blood sugar and which ones don’t
  • How to meal plan for diabetes and prediabetes
  • What other factors affect blood sugar

By taking part in this program, participants will gain:

  • The opportunity to have your diet questions answered by a Registered Dietitian
  • A resource package to help you make sustainable changes
  • Self-management skill building

Helpful Resources:

Diabetes Canada

UnlockFood

 

RESOURCES for past/present program participants. Password required.

Prerequisites:

Registration:

This program is open to the community. We are running it in partnership with STAR Family Health Team.

To register for our Happy Valley Family Health Team sessions please call:
Town of St. Marys – Friendship Centre : 519-284-3272 or
Happy Valley Family Health Team: 519-284-3450 x 3100

To register for STAR Family Health Team session please Click Here.

Upcoming Classes:

Online:
Happy Valley Family Health Team – St. Marys:

Directions

We are located in the ‘Tradition Mutual Centre for Wellness’ at the north side of the ‘St Marys Memorial Hospital’ – NOT the emergency department side. 

1st Floor: Our Doctor’s offices

2nd Floor: Our Allied Health Professionals

268 Maiden Lane, St Marys, Ontario N4X 1B7

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