Introduction & course outline

Your EMPOWER course will help you to learn about:

• Why we eat
• What diabetes is
• The role of insulin
• Different types of diabetes
• Why me? Risk factors for developing diabetes
• Blood glucose control
• Medicine management
• Wellbeing and sick day management
• Potential short-term and long-term consequences of diabetes
• Your annual diabetes health check
• The components of a balanced diet, including:
  • Fats and oils
  • Dairy
  • Protein
  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Carbohydrates
• The Glycaemic Index
• Food labeling
• Physical activity
• Goal setting

We recommend you have the EMPOWER T2n Handbook open as you work through the course content and complete the quizzes. This will help you to learn more as you go along.