Employment & Benefits

“Night work increases diabetes risk”

The risk of having precursors of type 2 diabetes increases if you have night and shift work. Senior Researcher in Diabetes Association, Kjeld Bruun-Jensen, has looked existing research through and describe here, so it’s

“Night work requires control”

It requires a tight schedule planned sleep, exercise and a carefully measured diet nurse Glennie Green fit both his night shifts and its type 1 diabetes. By Michael Korsbæk, journalist Diabetes Association Photo: Martin Dam

“Had to drop the night shift”

Berit Østergaard had to drop the evening and night shifts to get better control of its type 1 diabetes. It took the work of the 45-year-old nurse to colleagues and head to give her special treatment in the roster. By Michael

“Conversely circadian rhythm requires its food”

There is no rulebook that diabetics with night work can stick to if they are to cope with the inversion of the circadian rhythm. It tells the chief clinical dietitian at the Steno Diabetes Center, Margareta Bensow Baco. Here, she

Night and shift work

When working at night or changing evening, night and dagvagter, it affects your body’s natural circadian rhythm. It must be sudden sleep while it’s light, and be active when it is set at rest. Both the body, social

Colleague Mail

In Diabetes Association, we believe that it is best for you if you are open about your disease. Therefore, we produced an e-mail that you can send around to your colleagues. The mail tells a little about type 1 diabetes and is

Pump User mail

Dear Colleague I am sending you this mail to tell that I have type 1 diabetes. I does not take insulin with pen, as many others do, since I have an insulin pump. The pump function The pump is an important tool for me as

Colleague Mail about type 1 diabetes

Dear Colleague I am sending you this mail to tell that I have type 1 diabetes. Below is information about diabetes and what you can do if you find that one day I have very low blood sugar. If you have any questions, please feel

“Many hides diabetes in the workplace”

Most adult diabetics have experienced low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) at work, while about one in four had at least one of the severe insulin shock in the workplace. A study from Diabetes Association. Yet it is far from all that

“If I get cranky …”

Christine has rarely genes because of his Type 1 diabetes on the job. Still stuck a note on the office bulletin board with the message of what colleagues do if she becomes “strange”. By Marianne Bom, freelance