Nutritionists work with children, families, teens, adults, and seniors to help improve their nutrition status.

Diabetes Education
St. Peter’s Diabetes Self Management Education services to those individuals diagnosed with Type 1, Type 2 or Gestational Diabetes. A Registered Nurse Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitians provide people who have diabetes with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively self manage this condition and maintain optimum health with diabetes.

The following areas are covered:

• Diabetes: what it is, how it develops, how it is managed
  
• Nutritional therapy for managing diabetes
  
• Medications used to manage diabetes, how to use them, and side effects
  
• Physical Activity
  
• Self-monitoring of blood sugar and how to use the results
  
• Prevention and management of long term and short term complications
  
• Foot Care
  
• Coping and adjustment to diabetes
  
• Problem solving skills
  
• Stress management
  
• Behavior change strategies
  
  

St. Peter’s diabetes patient education program has been awarded recognition by the American Diabetes Association in accordance with the national standards for Diabetes Patient Education Programs.