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Healthy Eating for Type 2 Diabetes

Harvard Medical School via Harvard Health Online Learning

Overview

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This easy-to-follow online course to help you better manage diabetes through a healthy diet combined with lifestyle choices like regular exercise. Through our interactive features, videos, charts, and quizzes, you’ll learn it’s possible not just to LIVE with diabetes, but to live WELL.

Syllabus

Getting Started

  • About Our Course
  • Understanding Diabetes

Weight Loss

  • Why Weight Matters
  • Avoiding Complications

Adopting a Healthy Diet

  • What's in a Healthy Diet?
  • Types of Diets
  • Food Considerations

Meal Planning

  • Meal Planning the Right Way
  • How to Help Yourself
  • The Carbs Question

Recipes

  • Healthy Eating at Home
  • Entrees
  • Salads and Side Dishes
  • Snacks
  • Breakfast Foods
  • Desserts
  • Sample Meal Plan

Lifestyle Considerations

  • Beyond Diet: How to Manage Type 2 Diabetes
  • Exercise Primer

Key Takeaways

  • Summary
  • Before You Go

Taught by

Linda M. Delahanty, MS, RDN, LDN, David M. Nathan, MD, and Mallika Marshall, MD

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