Introduction to Physical Activity (Paediatric T1 Diabetes)
An introduction to the benefits of active play and sport for children with diabetes, providing guidance on how to adjust food and insulin to enjoy participation fully.
Classification: DT (Dietitian)
Advice is complex, condition specific and requires a Dietitian with knowledge, skills and experience in the condition.
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To support and encourage blood glucose management during active play and physical actively in children with type 1 diabetes.
The target group will understand:
- that children with type 1 diabetes can participate in active play in sport
- public health guidance for activity in children
- that food and insulin may need to be adjusted and blood glucose monitored to avoid high or low blood glucose
- the importance of checking and responding to ketone readings (guidance must be provided by diabetes team on ketone levels).
International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) Clinical Guidelines, 2022
- Chapter 2: Stages of T1DM in children and adolescents
- Chapter 6: Diabetes Eduction in children and adolescents
- Chapter 10: Nutritional management
- Chaper 12: Assessment and management of hypoglycaemia
- Chapter 14: Exercise
- Chapter 8: Glycaemic target and glucose monitoring