Nutrition Education
Nutrition Education: Nutrition education aims to help patients to understand important information about their health and focuses on practical actions to address nutrition needs, as well as the importance of the of lifestyle change via behavior change
Diabetes Self-management Education
Nutrition education is a critical component of almost all disease prevention programs. It has been proved that behavioral change is directly related to the amount of nutrition education received. Nutrition Education involves the communication of nutrition-related information that will equip individuals, families, and communities to make healthful food choices.
Diabetes self-management education and training (DSME/T) and medical nutrition therapy (MNT) are individual and complementary services to improve diabetes care. MNT combined with DSME improves outcomes.
Diabetes education will help you learn how to manage your
diabetes and be as healthy as possible.
Who Can Benefit from Diabetes Self- Management Education?
DSME is covered by MEDICARE and most of other insurance.
Diabetes Self Management Education - DSME
DSME is covered by MEDICARE and most of other insurance.
DSME covers following topics on diabetes care
Monitoring diabetes
Psychological adjustment
Nutritional management
Medications
Diabetes as disease process
Physical activity
Goal setting, problem solving
Prevent, detect and treat acute Complications
Preconception/pregnancy management or GDM
Prevent, detect and treat chronic complications
DSME is covered by MEDICARE and most of other insurance.
Education is available in Hindi Marathi