Exercise - the poor cousin of food and insulin
Every person diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes is told the 3 cornerstones of 'good' management are insulin therapy, food and exercise. There is no shortage of information on diabetes drugs, medical gadgets, food and food products. The likely reason for this is large profits can be made. Exercise however, is definitely the poor cousin!
People with type 1 diabetes are given very general guldelines on the health benefits of regular exercise and that it's a good idea to exercise. After that you are mostly left to your own to learn by rolling the dice using the the ol' 'trial and error' method.
Lots of people with type 1 want to exercise or play sport but find it confusing, this often puts it in the too hard basket. Whether you are newly diagnosed, a parent or carer of a child with diabetes, have had diabetes for several years or you're a die hard sportsperson looking for a better way this site will help you exercise more confidently and effectively and put the fun factor back into exercise.
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Want to exercise but don't know how...
Parents who want to encourage and support physical activity for their kids...
Already workout but sure there's a better way...
Like to optimise weight loss
Recreational athletes looking fo improvement 
Hard core athlete looking for ways to fine tune
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