Diet and Diabetes
Learn about the importance of meal planning for children with diabetes, and how carbohydrates, sugars, proteins and fats affect your child's blood sugar levels.
Our Diabetes Center experts have created this list of resources to help you keep your child safe and well.
Learn about the importance of meal planning for children with diabetes, and how carbohydrates, sugars, proteins and fats affect your child's blood sugar levels.
These Durable Medical Equipment (DME) companies that offer diabetes supplies. Call and find if they have a contract with your insurance company.
This resource from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides information on 504 plans, which ensure reasonable accommodations for children who qualify.
This learning module created by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides information on a number of issues related to diabetes care.
This resource from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) gives tips to improve mind-body connection and digestion through practicing mindfulness at mealtimes.
This interactive learning module from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia lets you practice how to prepare a 70/30 insulin dose for injection.
This interactive learning module from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia lets you practice how to prepare a Basal or Bolus insulin dose for injection.
This video demonstrates how to give insulin using a pre-filled pen, including where and how to give the injection, supplies you’ll need, how to dispose of the used pen needle, and more. En español.
Glu is part of the T1D Exchange, a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the lives of people touched by T1D.
GlucaGen® is a prescription medicine used to treat very low blood sugar (severe hypoglycemia) in people with diabetes who use insulin.