Eating, exercise and a healthy lifestyle are important elements of living life with diabetes.

Bendigo Community Health Services has Credentialled Diabetes Educators to help you make a plan to get the most of life with your diabetes.

Our educators say finding out you have diabetes early is very important and then it’s about learning more about the condition and looking at what you need to change in your lifestyle to lower the risk of any complications.

Take this quick test to see if you are at risk of diabetes: https://www.itsabouttime.org.au/

Diabetes Australia says many Australians are being diagnosed with diabetes too late which increases the risk of major health problems that could be life threatening.

The organisation believes more than 500,000 Australians could be unaware they are living with Type 2 diabetes which is damaging their blood vessels and nerves threatening vision loss, amputations, heart attacks, stroke and kidney damage.

Bendigo Community Health Services Credentialled Diabetes Educators work from our Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat, Central and Elmore sites with outreach to Strathfieldsaye.

Book an appointment with an educator by calling 5434 4300.

Visit www.bchs.com.au to learn about our bulk-billed GP clinics and all the services BCHS offers.