by DIRECT India | Apr 6, 2022 | Friends Forever
On 18.3.2022, a workshop on carbohydrate counting has been done virtually by Ms. Jaishree SS – dietitian Manager & Certified Type 1 Diabetes Educator and Ms. Aiswarya R- Dietitian & Certified Type 1 Diabetes Educator. The session had an elaborate session on...
by DIRECT India | Feb 26, 2022 | Friends Forever
Peer Group Meet February 2022 The rights of Insulin: Are we all doing it right? A session on insulin was taken on 18.2.2022 in order to throw limelight on the Insulin techniques and the correct methods of administering it. We had Dr. Uthra, Senior Consultant...
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...
