1. Key stage 1, 2 & 3 - Literacy Diabetes Made Simple

2. Diabetes Made Simple
Where is insulin made? Where does sugar pile up if insulin is not made and what does the body do with it? What happens when our bodies don’t make insulin?

3. Diabetes Made Simple
Is type 1 diabetes contagious? Can type 1 diabetes be controlled? Does type 1 diabetes stop people leading a normal life?

4. Activity 1 Type 1 diabetes, food and energy

5. Type 1 diabetes, food and energy
Can you explain things simply? “When we eat food, it gets mixed around in the stomach, a bit like clothes do in a washing machine.” Plan, draw and write a comic strip using speech bubbles to explain what happens to the food we eat

6. Diabetes Made Simple
This might help you with your comic strip- The food we eat makes energy which is needed for our bodies to work properly Food eaten is mixed around in our stomachs like clothes in a washing machine Food is broken down and the sugar is moved into the blood stream which moves it to where it is needed When lots of sugar is in the blood insulin opens the doors of cells to make energy When the body doesn’t make enough insulin, sugar stays in the blood because it can’t get to into the cells. This is called type 1 diabetes

7. Activity 2 Type 1 diabetes and blood glucose (sugar) levels

8. Type 1 diabetes and blood glucose levels
“To make sure you have enough insulin it is important to check how much glucose (sugar) is in your blood.”

9. Type 1 diabetes and blood glucose levels
Can you explain what Chloe has to do each day?
Produce a leaflet or booklet with words and pictures to explain how Chloe checks and monitors her glucose levels and say why this is important