Nutrition Center
BIDMC-Needham offers a certified diabetes nurse educator who assesses her patients' knowledge of diabetes and other risk factors, and works with them on diabetes self- management issues including:
- Setting blood sugar, weight, blood pressure and cholesterol goals
- Educating patients about acute and chronic complications.
- Monitoring blood sugar
- Understanding food choice/medication and food choice/exercise relationships
Our Nutrition counselors provide ongoing advice and counsel regarding nutrition issues for people with diabetes. Click here for our nutrition assessment and counseling services.While the traditionally strict "diabetic diet" regime has largely been replaced with increasingly liberal guidelines, dietary control is key to a successful management program.
