Dietary Management of Diabetes

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Course Details:

Audience: All health care professionals involved in delivering care to people with diabetes

Duration: 30 minutes

This course is the fourth part of the mission: Nutrition programme.

• Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and oral nutrition support (ward level training)
• Enteral tube feeding (poster presentations)
• Therapeutic diets and meal provision (e-learning)
• Dietary Management of Diabetes (e-learning)

After the completion of this e-learning programme you will be able to:

• Describe the different types of diabetes and the therapies available
• List the main principles of healthy eating for diabetes
• Identify which foods from the hospital menu are suitable for people with diabetes
• Discuss when and why self-management of diabetes is appropriate
• Explain hypoglycaemia and how to treat it
• Discuss the role of nutrition support in diabetes