Diabetes education
August 25, 2016
OFFERING education to people
diagnosed with diabetes should be
standard practice, according to the
UK’s National Institute for Health
and Care Excellence (NICE).
Classes should be offered at
diagnosis, around diet advice,
weight loss for adults who
are overweight, exercise and
information about medicines.
Patients with type 1 diabetes
should also be offered further
structured education between six
months and year after diagnosis
once they have an agreed
treatment regime.
NICE recommends the lessons
should cover checking blood
glucose levels, using insulin and
advice about having a healthy
lifestyle, and could be held at
hospitals or specialist centres.
Deputy chief executive for NICE
Professor Gillian Leng said patients
with type 1 diabetes “need to
develop a large range of new skills
and knowledge to manage their
condition” to get the right balance
in their lives and treatment routine.
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