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Keeping Well with Diabetes

Date of publication: 2001

This booklet is for people who get diabetes when they are adults.

In this booklet:
  • What is diabetes?
  • Who is at risk?
  • Managing diabetes
  • Healthy Eating
  • Regular Exercise
  • Check your Feet
  • Healthy Weight
  • Blood Sugar Levels
  • Hypo - Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycaemia)
  • How to Treat a Hypo
  • Hyper - High Blood Sugar (Hyperglycaemia)
  • Managing High Blood Sugar
  • Diabetes Organisations
  • Tips for Keeping Healthy



Document availability

You can read this online in English or you can download it in PDF format below in several languages. Go to information on downloading and viewing PDFs.

Or you can call freephone
0800 ENQUIRE (0800 367 8473).

For further information call
0800 ENQUIRE (0800 367 8473).

This booklet is available in English, Maori, Samoan, Cook Islands Maori, Tongan, Niuean, Tokelauan and Fijian.

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Keeping Well with Diabetes - English (PDF, 944 kB)

Reprinted November 2001. Code 1154.
Keeping Well with Diabetes - Maori (PDF, 688 kB)
June 2000. Code 1154.
Keeping Well with Diabetes - Samoan (PDF, 1,279kB)
December 2000. Code 1156 Samoan.
Keeping Well with Diabetes - Cook Islands Maori (PDF 745kB)    

December 2000. Code 1157. Cook Islands Maori.
Keeping Well with Diabetes - Tongan (PDF, 1,438kB)

December 2000. Code 1158 Tongan.
Keeping Well with Diabetes - Niuean (PDF, 684kB)

December 2000. Code 1159 Niuean
Keeping Well with Diabetes - Tokelauan (PDF, 1,345kB)

December 2000. Tokelauan.
Keeping Well with Diabetes - Fijian (PDF, 1,358kB)

December 2002. Fijian.




Related information

Diabetes in New Zealand



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