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This booklet is a collaboration between Diabetes NSW & ACT and the NSW Combined Children's Services Diabetes Dietitians group. The booklet provides practical information about healthy eating for the day-to-day management of type 1 diabetes for young people using or considering using an insulin pump, their families, and their support network.

This comprehensive booklet contains 11 sections covering:

  • What is an insulin pump?
  • Healthy eating on an insulin pump
  • Carbohydrate, protein and fat
  • Counting carbohydrates
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)
  • Effects of food on Blood Glucose Levels (BGLs)
  • Hypoglycemia (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 supports. This resource will help to advise, support, and educate on the topic of living well with type 1 diabetes whilst using an insulin pump.

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

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