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Fasting and diabetes

This section gives general information for anyone with diabetes who is considering fasting.

This includes:

  • The dangers of fasting
  • Your diet and treatment
  • Other factors to consider
  • Ramadan, fasting and diabetes.

For young people

There is also information about fasting and Ramadan on our sites for children, teenagers and young adults.

Related information

  • Information on Ramadan and diabetes is among our information in English and other languages
  • Information on fasting during Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and Tisha B’Av (9th of Av)

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  • Download Ramadan 2009 calendar (PDF) 280KB

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