Learn how to effectively manage diabetes and maintain a healthy and balanced diet in this free online nutrition course. Do you want to proactively maintain a healthy lifestyle to prevent diabetes or manage your existing diabetes? Diabetes can be properly managed with the right attitude and approach. This nutrition course examines the underlying causes of diabetes, its symptoms and how to manage it. We show you how person-centred support and a balanced diet can prevent diabetes or allow you to control it. Sign up to reap the benefits of eating healthily.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘diabetes’ and explain its impact on the body • Recall how the insulin hormone functions • Distinguish between ‘type 1’ and ‘type 2’ diabetes • Outline the complications and symptoms of both types of diabetes • List the forms of diabetic neuropathy • Differentiate between hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia • Identify the risk factors of ‘type 1’ and ‘type 2’ diabetes • Outline the principles of person-centred support • Explain how to manage diabetes • Discuss the prevalence of diabetes and how to control it |
| Course Code | 5436 |

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