Diagnosing Diabetes: Electronic Resources

This is a collection of electronic resources (websites, software, etc.) about diagnosing diabetes. A separate collection of Print Resources is also available.

Key: E = Elementary (K–5), I = Intermediate (6–8), HS = High School (9–12), C = College, G = General Public

Starting Points

All About Diabetes, from the American Diabetes Association. (?)
The Child Advocate Diabetes Page. (E, I, HS)
Diabetes ToolBox, from Diabetic Drug Store. (E, I, HS)
WebMD Health: Type 2 diabetes in children. (G)
All About Diabetes, from the American Diabetes Association. (?)
American Diabetes Association, (G)
A wealth of information about diabetes for parents, children and physicians.
The Child Advocate Diabetes Page, (E, I, HS)
This page focuses on educational issues and classroom testing.
Children with Diabetes, from diabetes123. (E, I, HS)
Links to pages of children have Type 1 diabetes or have brothers or sisters who do. They want to tell you about what living with diabetes means to them.
Diabetes Health Channel, from HealthLine Networks. (G)
Provides direct links to a broad range of information. This site offers a way for consumers to quickly and easily find consistently excellent health information on the Web.
Diabetes ToolBox, from Diabetic Drug Store. (E, I, HS)
Gain insight and understanding about managing diabetes by using the free information, calculators, and activities at this site. Contains a “school kit” by the American Diabetes Association for topics, suggestions, and solutions to problems geared toward the classroom setting.
Do You Know about Diabetes?, from KidsHealth. (E, I)
Information about what diabetes is, how you get it, and how it is treated.
Kids Learn about Diabetes, from Brendan Hannemann. (E, I, HS)
A site designed for an Eagle Scout project by Troop 1140 in Springfield, Va.
WebMD Health: Type 2 diabetes in children, (G)
The site includes an explanation of the tests and exams done when a child is evaluated for Type 2 Diabetes.

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