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Nutrition

Our researchers are trying to learn more about the effect different types of food have on blood glucose levels and how to give the best insulin dose to manage a variety of foods.

Student opportunities

The Children's Diabetes Centre provides student opportunities for integrated research and clinical projects across all our research areas.

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Insulin pump helps to predict and prevent hypos

New research from the Children’s Diabetes Centre has found a pump that suspends insulin delivery when BGLs fall can halve the incidence of hypoglycaemia.

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Physical activity vital to diabetes management

Parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes often feel they need to wrap their child in cotton wool rather than let them get on with the job of being a kid and eve

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Healthy holiday habits

The school holidays and Christmas are a welcome break for most families but the lack of routine can prove a trying time for families living with Type 1 Diabetes

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Sightseeing and study on Swedish students' agenda

Meet Charlotta Swenson Backelin and Louise Haggendal. The medical students, from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, have spent the past two months helping the The Kids’ Children’s Diabetes Centre conduct exercise research as part of their degrees.

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Can protein lower the risk of hypos after exercise?

Participants are needed for a new study looking at whether protein after exercise can decrease the risk of delayed low blood glucose levels after exercise.

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Mums' gut bacteria linked to babies’ health

Evidence is mounting that the bacteria in a mother’s digestive system, known as microbiome, can influence the health of babies.

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Well done Karen

Congratulations to Children's Diabetes Centre exercise researcher Dr Karen Rothacker for receiving the prestigious ADS President’s Clinical Young Investigator Award at the 2018 Australasian Diabetes Congress held in Adelaide recently.

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Are you using a Dexcom G5 Continuous Glucose Monitor?

Read on to find out how to link the Dexcom G5 to a Diasend account.