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Nutrition and Health Education              

Eat Well, Be Well with Diabetes
in East Central Missouri

A practical (and tasty!) diabetes
self-care program

Do you or a family member have diabetes? If so, this series of 4 nutrition classes is for YOU!

 
 

Overview

All types of people have questions about managing their diabetes and how to prepare food for a person with diabetes.

Eat Well, Be Well with Diabetes is a 4-session diabetes self-care class that includes:

  • practical information

  • meaningful discussions in a small-group setting

  • skill-building.

What to expect

As a participant in the class you will:

  • learn how to better take care of your diabetes through nutrition and a more active lifestyle

  • learn to plan and prepare easy meals that are healthy and delicious

  • sample new healthy recipes.

Class content

Classes are 2 hours long and include:

  • nutrition instruction

  • cooking demonstrations

  • food tasting

  • light physical activity.

The class also stresses diabetes self-management and working with a health care team. Participants receive copies of recipes prepared in the class.

Fee

The course fee may vary, depending on whether another organization co-sponsors the class with University of Missouri Extension. Typically, the fee is $30 to $40 per person, with a reduced fee of $45 for two people wanting to share materials to cover food and notebook costs.

Important:

  • Eat Well, Be Well with Diabetes is designed to enhance, not replace, the diabetes education that is delivered by qualified health professionals.

  • This program is not intended to provide individualized meal plans for participants.

Contacts & potential class locations

Instructors: University of Missouri Extension faculty and a Certified Diabetes Educator or other health professional familiar with diabetes.
University of Missouri Extension East Central Regional Director's Office
Bud Reber, Regional Director
Page Maintained By: Roxanne T. Miller,
MillerRT@missouri.edu
Last revised: 07/29/09		 Find an Office