If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, managing your condition is important. 

Adopting a healthy lifestyle and staying in control of your diabetes can help you avoid complications such as vision loss, kidney failure, amputation, heart disease and strokes.

By leading a healthy lifestyle and keeping your blood sugar levels under control, you can reduce the risk of the complications of diabetes.

A variety of education programmes are available to support you to manage your diabetes•Some people can put their type 2 diabetes into remission by losing weight, where their blood sugar is reduced below the diabetes range. Some people are able to do this through a low-calorie diet, but this is not suitable for everyone, so it’s important to get medical advice first.