Services, Classes and Nutritional Therapy Offered
at Harbin Clinic's Diabetes Management Center

• Diabetes disease process
• Basic nutritional management
• Physical activity
• Diabetes medications (if applicable)
• Monitoring blood glucose, urine ketones (when appropriate), and using the results to improve control
• Preventing, detecting and treating acute complications
• Preventing, detecting and treating chronic complications
• Goal setting and problem solving for daily living
• Psychosocial adjustment
• Preconception care, pregnancy and gestational diabetes management (if applicable)

Morning and evening class schedules are offered to accommodate a variety of scheduling needs. Patients may also receive this comprehensive information via individual instruction based on special needs (limited vision, hearing or mental cognition, etc.) that might preclude group instruction. Individualized instruction is provided for insulin initiation as needed, as well as for gestational diabetics.

Medical Nutrition Therapy Services

Medical Nutrition Therapy is offered for the following conditions:

• Diabetes- Types 1, Type 2 and Gestational
• Glucose Intolerance
• Hypoglycemia
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hyperlipidema
• Hypertriglyceridemia
• Hypertension
• Malnutrition
• Obesity and Morbid Obesity
• Pregnancy (excessive or insufficient weight gain)
• Renal Insufficiency
• Gastrointestinal Disorders