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40th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

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Symposium 4 Hot Topics in Diabetes

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Continuous age appropriate structured education for children and young people with diabetes

Lange Karin

Diabetes education for children, adolescents and their parents is recommended by several guidelines and widely accepted as an integral part of type 1 diabetes therapy. Structured comprehensive courses at disease onset are regularly followed by education updates until transition to adult diabetes care. Especially in paediatric diabetes care age-appropriate, demand-oriented and individualized practical information and skills-training are mandatory for achieving good metabolic co...