Abstract
Copyright: © 2015 Raidl M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The three components of diabetes self-management are diet, physical activity, and medication (if necessary) [1]. Data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Diabetes Surveillance System shows that approximately 57.4% of adults with diabetes in the United States attend at least one diabetes selfmanagement class [2]. Unfortunately, among adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes, only 52% managed to keep their blood sugars under control by achieving a HbA1c of less than 7% [3].
Highlights
The three components of diabetes self-management are diet, physical activity, and medication [1]
In order to reach a wider audience and the increasing diabetes population, The Healthy Diabetes Plate materials have been adapted to the internet, virtual world, and include social media
The interactive meal planning page teaches them the types and amounts of food they should be eating at breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Summary
The three components of diabetes self-management are diet, physical activity, and medication (if necessary) [1]. The University of Idaho has addressed these two problems by designing a simplified meal planning program, The Healthy Diabetes Plate, and teaching it in face-to-face classes in rural and urban counties. The Healthy Diabetes Plate [10] is a four-lesson curriculum that targets the diet component of diabetes self-management and was originally designed to be taught by University Extension faculty at land grant institutions to individuals who did not have access to diabetes education programs in urban or rural counties.
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