Diabetes and the gut microbiota: hope or hype?
While genetics play a role in the development of metabolic abnormalities such as obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), environmental factors are thought to...
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Nutrition in Wound Healing for Adults with Diabetes: A Practice Update
People with diabetes have a higher prevalence of wounds due to suboptimally managed glucose levels, ischaemia, neuropathy, pressure, friction,...
Type 1 diabetes support resources for adults and parents of teens
Although traditionally associated with children and originally referred to as “juvenile diabetes”, new research shows that onset of type 1 diabetes...
Making sense of nutrition confusion
What is it about nutrition that seems to breed confusion and controversy? Surely something as apparently simple as ‘healthy eating’ cannot be that...
The role of the credentialled diabetes educator in a tertiary hospital weight loss program – the Blacktown Hospital Experience
Overweight and obesity are increasingly prevalent conditions that impact significantly on individual morbidity and mortality, as well as on the...
Obesity and Diabetes – Nutritional Considerations
Diabetes rates have escalated within the last three decades to affect 1.2 million Australians 1. It is no coincidence that within this same...
Diabetes in Schools – Legal Framework Summary
The Diabetes in Schools Program is a Commonwealth funded National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) program which aims to support parents and families of...
The NDSS Diabetes in Schools Program
The Diabetes in Schools Program is a Government-funded National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) initiative that aims to develop a nationally consistent...
App-solutley fabulous: Smartphone apps and type 1 diabetes management in children and adolescents
More than 80% of Australian adolescents aged 14-17 years own a smartphone, and are frequent users of phone apps1. Increasingly, children...