Healthy Living for people with type 2 diabetes is an online programme clinically proven to help participants live well with type 2 diabetes. It is an online programme so you can access information and advice at home, work, or on the move.

Adopting a healthy lifestyle and managing your type 2 diabetes can help you avoid complications such as amputation, heart disease, and stroke.

76-year-old Christine was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 13 years ago. She said: “Unfortunately, my diagnosis came as no surprise as my dad, brother and sister all lived with type 2 diabetes and family history is one of the biggest risk factors for the condition.”

Christine joined the Healthy Living for people with type 2 diabetes a few months ago on the recommendation of the GP surgery. 

“I found the registration process for the Healthy Living programme easy. It is full of advice and has reminded me of a lot of things I’d forgotten.

“It’s given me a well-needed incentive to eat healthier and move more as I had become rather complacent.” 

If you are over 18 years old and have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, start the Healthy Living programme today.

If you care for, or are a family member of someone living with type 2 diabetes, you can sign up too.

To others who are considering joining the programme, Christine advises: “Go for it. You’ve nothing to lose but a lot to gain. It isn’t all hopeless. My Dad was 20 when he was diagnosed, he kept to a strict diet, exercised and lived to 96!”

Sign up today at www.healthyliving.nhs.uk

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