Dining with Diabetes: Putting It All Together with Side Dishes

Dining with Diabetes (DWD) is a fun and interactive diabetes self-management educational program open to all, and of particular interest to individuals with prediabetes or type 1 or type 2 diabetes and members of their support system. An exclusive program offered only by Cooperative Extensions across the United States, Dining with Diabetes helps participants to build food skills through cooking while learning self-management strategies to better manage, prevent, or delay complications surrounding diabetes. Focused on disease management and prevention, Dining with Diabetes covers topics such as healthy eating, being active, monitoring, taking medications, and reducing risks. Classes include research-based education, cooking demonstrations, and healthy recipe tasting.