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Learn How to Better Manage Your Diabetes

Diabetes education is essential to diagnose and treat patients with diabetes. The Utah Diabetes and Endocrinology Center (UDEC) has a diabetes education team consisting of four registered dietitians and one clinical pharmacist.

Skilled Educators

Our educators are highly skilled in all areas of diabetes education as well as diet for bariatric surgery, weight loss management, renal dietary management, and basic healthy eating.

Certified by the American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT), our education team teaches patients to monitor and maintain their blood sugars at a healthy level to decrease complications associated with diabetes. 

We offer individual diabetes education at the UDEC and other locations in the Salt Lake Valley. Most insurance companies will pay for diabetes education.

Classes at UDEC

  • Diabetes self-management education
  • Carbohydrate counting
  • Medical nutritional therapy
  • Gestational diabetes education
  • Insulin pump training
  • Continuous glucose monitoring training

Registration is required for individual appointments.

Driving Out Diabetes: Additional Diabetes Education Programs

Intensive Diabetes Education and Support (IDEAS)

University of Utah Health’s Intensive Diabetes Education and Support (IDEAS) is a unique one-day program that offers personalized care as well as diabetes education in a small group setting. It includes activities like establishing diabetes treatment goals, reviewing the latest medications and technology, and participating in a cooking demonstration.

Diabetes Complications Program

Early detection of diabetes complications can allow for early treatment, slowing the progression of diabetes complications and improving quality of life. Because individuals with diabetes are at a high risk for developing eye, foot, and vascular complications, the Diabetes Complications Program offers retinal and vascular testing to identify early stage eye and vascular complications. Each test takes less than 15 minutes to complete.  

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