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Doing Well with Diabetes: Global voices across three continents
In the first episode of a new season of Doing Well with Diabetes, a special podcast series in partnership with Diabetics Doing Things, host Rob Howe brings together a global panel to share powerful stories of living with and supporting diabetes across three continents, highlighting challenges in access, education, food culture, and emotional well-being. A reminder that education, movement, and community support remain the strongest levers for improving global health and well-being for people with diabetes. Doing Well with Diabetes is part of Kids and Diabetes in Schools, an IDF programme supported by Sanofi and ISPAD.
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:23 – Meet Ravi: Pilot Dreams to Type 2 Diagnosis
00:02:05 – Two Decades of Uncontrolled Diabetes & Complications
00:06:11 – Going Back to School: Becoming a Nutritionist
00:08:49 – Carbs, Fats, and the Omega-6:3 Problem in Indian Diets
00:11:39 – Portion Control, Festivals, and Insulin as a Double-Edged Sword
00:16:15 – Walking, Sweat, and Safe Exercise for Blood Pressure
00:19:14 – Resistance Training as Medicine
00:20:35 – Polo with Prince Charles: Childhood, Horses, and Loss of Function
00:23:03 – Meet Sally Anne: Mom, Coach, and Advocate in Zimbabwe & South Africa
00:24:08 – Learning Diabetes From Zero as a Parent
00:27:02 – The Affordability Crisis: Insulin, Strips, and Food
00:31:11 – Education Gaps: Fixed Doses, Hypers vs Hypos, and No Corrections
00:33:09 – Doing the Most With Very Little: Education as the First Line of Care
00:39:19 – Tackling Stigma at School and on the Netball Court
00:39:55 – Glucobuddies: Building Community in Under-Resourced Settings
00:42:08 – The Missing Link: Diabetes Educators, Not Just Dietitians
00:47:11 – Fighting Misinformation About “Healthy” Foods
00:50:42 – Meet Marina: Insulin Girl from Brazil
00:54:38 – Living With Type 1 in Brazil: Access and Inequality
00:58:46 – Brazilian Food Culture and the Carb-Counting Gap
01:02:54 – Learning to Count Carbs and Choosing Nutrition as a Career
01:05:24 – Mental Health, Burnout, and the Role of Exercise
01:11:42 – Young Leaders in Diabetes and Impact at Human Scale
01:15:40 – Self-Acceptance, Complications, and Redefining “Doing Well”
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