Type 2 Diabetes in Children

Other Places To Get Help

Online Resources

Canada's Food Guide
Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Web Address:	www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html
Canada's Food Guide provides resources to help guide food selection and promote the nutritional health of Canadians. Resources include outlines of the food groups, the recommended range of daily servings, background information about the food guide, and other information about healthy eating.
Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living
Health Canada
Web Address:	www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/paguide
This site is designed to meet the federally mandated promotion of health and fitness among Canadians. It provides information and general guidelines to help individuals make wise choices about physical activity.
Children With Diabetes
Web Address:	www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
This Web site is for children with diabetes and for their families. It offers a variety of information and resources, from basic facts about diabetes to legal support, as well as school information for students and their teachers, diabetes camps throughout the United States, chat rooms for children and for their parents, and a valuable link-site connection to other diabetes-related Web sites.
Health Canada Diabetes Home Page
Health Canada
Web Address:	www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dc-ma/diabete/index_e.html
This Web site provides basic information about diabetes, as well as resources for and information about national programs in Canada for monitoring, preventing, and treating diabetes.

Organizations

Canadian Diabetes Association
National Life Building
1400-522 University Avenue
Toronto, ON  M5G 2R5
Phone:	(416) 363-0177 1-800-BANTING (1-800-226-8464)
Fax:	(416) 408-7117
E-mail:	info@diabetes.ca
Web Address:	http://www.diabetes.ca
The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) is devoted to meeting the needs of people with diabetes in Canada. This organization provides general information about diabetes and its care. It organizes summer camps for young people with diabetes and conducts educational seminars to help people manage their diabetes. The CDA also sells a range of products, including cookbooks, in its stores.
Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
2005 Sheppard Avenue East
Suite 800
Toronto, ON  M2J 5B4
Phone:	1-800-668-1507 (416) 696-0267
Fax:	1-800-392-8422
E-mail:	medinfo@medicalert.ca
Web Address:	http://www.medicalert.ca/
MedicAlert is the leading provider of emergency medical information services linked to customized bracelets and necklets for Canadians with medical conditions and special medical needs. Services include providing identification jewellery listing the person's medical conditions and history and a computerized medical information database that is accessible 24 hours per day. As a member of MedicAlert, if medical care is needed, health professionals providing care can reach the person's complete medical history at any time.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Canada
7100 Woodbine Avenue
Suite 311
Markham, ON  L3R 5J2
Phone:	1-877-CURE 533 (1-877-287-3533) toll-free (905) 944-8700
Fax:	(905) 944-0800
E-mail:	general@jdrf.ca
Web Address:	www.jdrf.ca
The mission of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Canada is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through research. This organization publishes a wide variety of booklets on complications and treatments of diabetes. The organization's main focus is on research for the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes.
National Aboriginal Diabetes Association (NADA)
174 Hargrave Street
Winnipeg, MB  R3C 3N2
Phone:	(204) 927-1220 1-877-232-6232 toll-free
Fax:	(204) 927-1222
E-mail:	diabetes@nada.ca
Web Address:	www.nada.ca
The mission of the National Aboriginal Diabetes Association (NADA) is to address diabetes among Aboriginal peoples as a priority health issue. It supports individuals, families, and communities to access resources for diabetes prevention, education, and research in culturally respectful ways; partners with organizations committed to the prevention and management of diabetes; and promotes community wellness as a strategy to prevent diabetes.

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Author:	Merrill Hayden Carrie Henley Monica Rhodes	Last Updated: November 24, 2006
Medical Review:	Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Hanan Bassyouni, MD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Alan C. Dalkin, MD - Endocrinology
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