NDSS Fact Sheets

National Diabetes Services Scheme fact sheets are available to download from the links below.

Understanding diabetes

• Understanding type 1 diabetes
• Understanding type 2 diabetes
• Understanding gestational diabetes
• Understanding pre-diabetes

Managing diabetes

• Managing hypoglycaemia
• Pregnancy and diabetes
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Steroid medications and diabetes
• Insulin
• Medications for type 2 diabetes
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Travel
• Surgery and hospital stays
• Managing sick days for type 1 diabetes
• Managing sick days for type 2 diabetes
• Coeliac disease and diabetes

Diabetes & related health

• Diabetes-related complications
• Looking after your kidneys
• Looking after your feet
• Looking after your heart
• Looking after your eyes
• Looking after your dental health
• Your diabetes annual cycle of care
• Sexual health and diabetes

Diabetes & emotional health

• Adjusting to life with diabetes
• Managing worry about COVID-19 and diabetes
• Peer support for diabetes
• Concerns about starting insulin
• Fear of hypoglycaemia
• Diabetes distress
• Diabetes and anxiety
• Diabetes and depression
• Diabetes and disordered eating

Diabetes & lifestyle

• Alcohol
• Physical activity
• Healthy snacks
• Hints for healthy cooking
• Understanding food labels
• Carbohydrate counting and diabetes
• The glycemic index
• Food choices for people with diabetes
• Healthy meal ideas
• Eating out
• Alternative sweeteners

Older people living with diabetes

• Healthy eating: a guide for older people living with diabetes
• Managing diabetes as you age: a guide for people over 65 living with diabetes
• You and your health care team: a guide for people over 65 living with diabetes

The National Diabetes Services Scheme is an initiative of the Australian Government administered by Diabetes Australia.

The NDSS agent in South Australia is Diabetes SA. 

Find out more about the NDSS at ndss.com.au or call the NDSS Helpline on 1800 637 700