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  • Introduction to diabetes
  • Treatment & your health
  • Living with diabetes
  • What care to expect
  • Year of care
  • Complications
  • Food and recipes
  • Educational events
  • Your stories
  • My life - for young people with diabetes
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Newly diagnosed?

Is your head full of questions? Everybody reacts differently to the news they have diabetes - this area will point you in the right direction for all the info you need.

Newly diagnosed?
 
What is diabetes?

What's it all about?

Some 2.1 million people in the UK have it but what exactly is diabetes?

Eating well.

Eating well

Making small changes to your food choices will reap rewards

Care support.

Come and meet others

Attend one of our care support events

Treatments.

Tablets or insulin?

Learn more about your treatments

Related information

  • Our guide to shopping and menu planning

What you can do

  • Find your local support group
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