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The Hamilton Family Health Team offers diabetes groups and webinars to help you better manage your health.
Diabetes Groups
Eating and Living Well with Diabetes
This group is open to patients of the Hamilton Family Health Team.
Want to know which foods affect your blood sugars and how to make small changes and get big improvements?
Join our 3 week Eating and Living Well with Diabetes program and get answers to your diabetes questions from our diabetes educators. In this group, we will talk about:
- what is diabetes and prediabetes
- which foods affect your blood sugars
- tools to help you with your food choices e.g. Diabetes Food Guide, Glycemic Index
- how to understand your lab results and how to monitor your sugars at home
- what to do if you are sick
- how to prevent complications like low blood sugars, nerve damage or heart disease
- diabetes medications
- driver safety
- your diabetes support team at your doctors office and more
To sign up, call the Groups Line at 905 -667-4852 or talk to your Family Physician, Nurse or Registered Dietitian. Groups are offered both online and in-person based on patient preference.
Learn more about diabetes on our Diabetes page.