This booklet is a collaboration between Diabetes NSW & ACT and the NSW Combined Children's Services Diabetes Dietitians group. The booklet provides guidance on how to support children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes using multiple daily injections. It contains tips and information on healthy eating and lifestyle considerations for the individuals, their families, and their support network.

This comprehensive booklet contains 11 sections covering:

• What is multiple daily injections (MDI)?
  
• Healthy eating
  
• Carbohydrate, protein and fat
  
• Counting carbohydrates
  
• Effects of food on Blood Glucose Levels (BGLs)
  
• Continuous and Flash Glucose Monitoring (CGM)
  
• Hypoglycaemia (Hypos)
  
• Sports and exercise
  
• School
  
• Alcohol
• Resources: FAQs, Carb lists, helpful Apps and other support

This booklet is a great nutrition, health, and diabetes management teaching tool for health professionals to use with young people living with type 1 diabetes and their carers. This resource will help to advise, support, and educate on living well with type 1 diabetes whilst using multiple daily injections.

Authors: Diabetes NSW & ACT
Published: Dec 2021
Pages: 56