Diabetes factsheets
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed or have been living with diabetes for a while, our factsheets have been designed to help you better manage your diabetes, stay healthy and live well.
They cover a wide range of topics designed to help you maintain your good physical and mental health and lower the risk of developing complications.
You’ll find information on topics such as:
- Information for people with type 1 diabetes (booklet)
- Information for people with type 2 diabetes (booklet)
- Adjusting to life with diabetes
- Alcohol
- Alternative sweeteners
- Annual cycle of care
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Carbohydrate counting
- Concerns about starting insulin
- Coeliac disease and diabetes
- Diabetes and anxiety
- Diabetes and depression
- Diabetes care and COVID-19
- Diabetes distress
- Diabetes related complications
- Disordered eating
- Eating out and diabetes
- Fear of hypoglycemia
- Flash glucose monitoring
- Food choices for people with diabetes
- Glycemic index
- Healthy meal ideas
- Hints for healthy cooking
- Healthy snacks
- Insulin and diabetes
- Looking after your eyes
- Looking after your feet
- Looking after your heart
- Looking after your kidneys
- Looking after your dental health
- Managing hypoglycaemia
- Medications for type 2 diabetes
- Peer support
- Physical activity
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome and diabetes
- Pregnancy and diabetes
- Sexual health and diabetes
- Sick days and type 1 diabetes
- Sick days and type 2 diabetes
- Steroid medications and diabetes
- Surgery and hospital stays
- Travel and diabetes
- Understanding food labels
- Understanding type 1 diabetes
- Understanding type 2 diabetes
- Understanding pre-diabetes
- Understanding gestational diabetes
Our factsheets are being updated all the time, so even if you’ve been living with diabetes for some time and think you have it covered, you might pick up some valuable new tips and insights.
