EXTOD Parent & Carers Online Training

How to support your Type 1 diabetes child or young person to undertake safe and effective exercise.

Regular activity is a great part of children’s lives and this event will help you to plan for and support their diabetes when exercising. This one-day online course will arm you with the tools and techniques required to help manage glucose around exercise. Book your place and benefit from:

  • Hormone and metabolic responses to exercise in health and disease explained
  • Keeping safe with exercise: focusing on finger and continuous glucose monitors
  • Basic insulin changes to improve glucose control around exercise
  • What changes can be made to the insulin regime to improve control before, during and after exercise
  • Exercise setting for your pump / closed loop system and how to use these settings for exercise
  • Mastering dietary intake to improve glucose control around exercise
  • Using exercise to control glucose around exercise

EXTOD Parent & Carers Online Training is delivered by EXTOD and organised by SBK Events. This unique online forum is created to equip you with the knowledge, confidence, and practical understanding to support the Type 1 diabetes child or young person, in your care, to undertake safe and effective exercise.

View the full details here: Diabetes (diabetes-nnf.co.uk)

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