Position statements

Here you will find our evidence-based policy positions to inform our work with government, health services and people living with diabetes.

Food and nutrition

• Diabetic foods
• Dietary fat consumption in the management of type 2 diabetes
• Low carb diets for people with diabetes
• Nutrition labelling
• Use of low or no calorie sweetners

Improving care and support for people living with diabetes

• Caring for children with type 1 diabetes in nurseries 
• Early diagnosis of children with type 1 diabetes 
• High-quality care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes in the UK 
• Early identification of people with type 2 diabetes 
• Emotional and psychological support for people with diabetes 
• Type 2 diabetes in children and young people 
• Coronavirus position 
• Diabetes and employment

Prevention of type 2 and gestational diabetes

• Treatments for obesity 
• Prevention of type 2 and gestational diabetes by addressing the root causes of ill health

Self-monitoring and diabetes technology

• Access to flash devices 2021 
• Type 1 technology 
• Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels for type 1 diabetes
• Self monitoring of blood glucose levels for adults with type 2 diabetes 
• Do-it-yourself closed loop  
• Health and fitness technology: apps and wearable technology

Health inequalities  

• Ethnicity, Deprivation and Diabetes Inequality 
• Diabetes in the UK