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Stephanie Ronco 9/9/16 Stephanie Ronco 9/9/16

Make a Motivation Kit

Here are a few ideas for items that may remind your clients of the importance of their efforts.

Stephanie Ronco 5/9/15 Stephanie Ronco 5/9/15

Dietary Consistency

Have you fallen into the all-or-nothing trap where you eat perfectly one day and abandon healthful eating the next? Is a vacation or holiday a happy excuse to overindulge in foods that you?ve labeled as taboo?

Stephanie Ronco 12/9/14 Stephanie Ronco 12/9/14

Individualizing Patient Care: Does that Include Individualizing A1C Goals?

General recommendations from the ADA are to attain an A1C of less than 7%, but this is not the appropriate goal for everyone with diabetes. Like medications, diet, and physical activity, blood glucose goals must also be individualized. For some people with diabetes, an A1C of less than 6.5% is ideal, and for others a good goal is less than 8% or even 8.5%, according to a 2012 consensus report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and Diabetes Care.