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:
Prerequisites:
- Physician Referral: No
- Patient of Happy Valley Family Health Team: No
- Appointment Required: No
- Also: Must have a confirmed diagnosis of prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes
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:
STAR Family Health Team – Stratford:
- May 9th @ 1:30 Pm – 3:00 Pm | Click Here for Details & Registration
Happy Valley Family Health Team – St. Marys:
- June 12th @ 10:15 am – 11:45 am | Town of St. Marys – Friendship Centre. 317 James St., S. St. Marys
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