by DIRECT India | Dec 6, 2021 | Friends Forever
On 22.11.2021 , we conducted a session for children with high Hba1c to bring more confidence and for better management . In the session, we emphasized on the importance of blood glucose monitoring, physical activity, insulin dose adjustment, diet and most importantly...
by DIRECT India | Nov 12, 2020 | Friends Forever
Stage performances by children with type 1 diabetes Every year as part of World Diabetes Day awareness program, children with type 1 diabetes from the Friends Forever – support group perform on stage. This is done in order to reiterate that Type 1 diabetes is...
by DIRECT India | Nov 12, 2020 | Friends Forever
Drawing Competition for children with type 1 diabetes and Interaction with Parents Another display of talent exhibited by means of a painting competition of different age groups to showcase their...
by DIRECT India | Nov 12, 2020 | Friends Forever
FIELD TRIPS FOR CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES Field Trips are arranged for children with Type 1 diabetes through the Friends Forever Type-1 Support group in order to promote a sense of belonging and camaraderie. The older children guide and help younger children to...
by DIRECT India | Nov 12, 2020 | Friends Forever
LEARNING FACTS WITH FUN – QUIZ COMPETITION To impart diabetes knowledge with fun and spirit quiz competitions are conducted regularly. During one such Quiz competition, the children were grouped under the name of different vegetables highlighting their benefits,...
by DIRECT India | Nov 12, 2020 | Friends Forever
EDUCATING CHILDREN ON HEALTHY FOODS-TRIP TO SUPERMARKET The Friends Forever children are taken for Supermarket trips to teach them to study nutrition labels and understand the importance of glycemic value of foods. The children are taken along with their parents,...
by admin | Nov 11, 2020 | Friends Forever
Education for Parents and Children When it comes to type 1 diabetes or neonatal diabetes, it’s often the parent who needs more training, counselling and education regarding the disease. The family as a whole needs to pitch in to share the duty of taking care of...
by DIRECT India | Nov 11, 2020 | home_post
The twin epidemic of diabetes and obesity is increasing at alarming proportions in India. Currently India has 62 million people with diabetes and unless proper steps are taken, this number might exceed 100 million in the next couple of decades. The seeds for diabetes...
by admin | Nov 10, 2020 | home_post
Dr.Mohans “Lets Defeat Diabetes” According to international statistics, India currently has the second highest number of people with diabetes in the world with 72.3 million and will be the “Diabetes capital of the world “with 134.3 million people by the year, 2045....
by admin | Nov 9, 2020 | Diabetes
Mass Screening Programs to detect Diabetes Diabetes is a silent killer. Most people with diabetes do not even know that they have high sugars until organ damage sets in. Many times, it becomes too late to reverse the damage. If people can be alerted sufficiently...
