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  • Introduction to diabetes
  • Treatment & your health
  • Living with diabetes
  • What care to expect
  • Diabetes in care homes
  • Year of care
  • Complications
  • Food and recipes
  • Diabetes education
  • Your stories
  • My life - for young people with diabetes

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?
 

Has your child recently been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes?

Our DVD starter pack answers the questions and doubts surrounding a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes.

Andy's Type 2 diabetes blog

Read Andy Kilman's account of how his life has changed since he was recently diagnosed.

What's it all about?

Some 2.5 million UK people have it, but what is diabetes?

Eating well

Making small changes to your food choices will reap rewards

Come and meet others

Attend one of our care support events

Tablets or insulin?

Learn more about your treatments

Related information

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What you can do

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