Caring for your child

This resource from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) how to eat a well-balanced diet that may decrease inflammation and promote overall health.

Learn about combination bolusing using an insulin pump and how it might be helpful when eating high-fat meals, buffet meals and holiday meals.

Learn about the importance of meal planning for children with diabetes, and how carbohydrates, sugars, proteins and fats affect your child's blood sugar levels.

The Healthy Weight Toolkit is a resource for families that want to learn to eat healthier and be more active. Download each sheet and print it out!

Eating gluten-free can be challenging – especially on a budget. Learn a few quick tips to help you find the gluten-free food and ingredients.

ChooseMyPlate.gov provides practical information to help consumers build healthier diets with resources and tools for dietary assessment, nutrition education, and other user-friendly nutrition information. The online resources and tools can empower people to make healthier food choices for themselves, their families, and their children.

Being physically active can improve your health. Everybody, no matter your age, size or abilities, can benefit from more physical activity. Find information and tips to help you learn ways to add physical activity to your life.

Smokefree Teen is a website run by the National Cancer Institute dedicated to helping teens take control of their health with a focus on making the right decisions — especially the decision to quit smoking. Find information about how smoking will impact other areas of your life and how to change those patterns if you want to.

BodyWorks is a community-based healthy lifestyle program designed to help parents and caregivers of teens and preteens improve family eating and physical activity. The program provides hands-on tools to make small, specific behavior changes to increase healthy eating and physical activity.

This presentation will teach you about counting carbohydrates, reading food labels, and managing snacks and meal plans for children with diabetes.