Managing your Diabetes Starts here
Our Commitment
With 1 in 10 adults living with diabetes, the Lewis County Health Department meets our community where they are by offering Diabetes Self-Management Education Classes to help people living with diabetes, eat smarter, connect with care, and learn how diabetes plays a role in their day to day lives.
Diabetes Self-Management Education Classes
A multi-part class where participants learn about what diabetes is, how it works, and how it effects the body; diet management and carb counting; expert advice; group discussions; and diabetic friendly snack recipe testing.
Sign up for our next session today!
Diabetes Basics: "Cooking with Diabetes"
With diabetes, selecting the right food can be challenging. We are proud to offer a simple introduction to diabetes while showcasing recipes that are easy to make, work with your diabetes, and most importantly ARE TASTY!
Pre-Diabetes
PREDIABETES
Prediabetes means you have a higher than normal blood sugar level. It's not high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes yet, but without lifestyle changes, adults and children with prediabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
If you have prediabetes, the long-term damage of diabetes — especially to your heart, blood vessels and kidneys — may already be starting. There's good news, however. Progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes isn't inevitable.
Eating healthy foods, making physical activity part of your daily routine and staying at a healthy weight can help bring your blood sugar level back to normal. The same lifestyle changes that can help prevent type 2 diabetes in adults might also help bring children's blood sugar levels back to normal.
Diabetes Alert Day
We are raising awareness of Diabetes and invite you to wear BLUE on March 25th.