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Recruits wanted for water immersion study

This University of Western Australia study, being conducted by a PhD student who is working with the Children's Diabetes Centre, aims to determine for the first time whether head out of water immersion or water-based exercise affects blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes.

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Science Week at the Discovery Centre

The Kids Discovery Centre is celebrating National Science Week 2020 (August 17-21) with several exciting programs

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Who are our exercise researchers and what do they do?

A new ongoing Q & A series focusing on different research themes within the Children’s Diabetes Centre - focus: exercise team.

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Type 1 diabetes in children - RTR FM interview

Did you catch Professor Liz Davis, co-director of the Children's Diabetes Centre and head of Perth Children's Hospital's endocrinology department, on RTR FM's Fitter Happier segment recently?

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April's epic swim

April Welsh loves a challenge. Diagnosed with diabetes just before turning 4, the 26-year-old recently she was part of a four-person team that conquered the Rottnest Channel 19.7km open water swim.

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Sisters strive to succeed

Ashlyn and Kayleigh have much more in common than being siblings – they both excel in their chosen sport and live with type 1 diabetes. We spoke to the sisters about juggling exercise and diabetes.

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PCH takes lead in Diabetes In Schools program

Perth Children’s Hospital will be one of the first hospitals in Australia to deliver critical diabetes training to teachers and school staff as part of a new national Diabetes in Schools program.

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Festive food

We asked our food research lead and Accredited Practising Dietitian, Dr Amelia Harray, for her top nutrition tips and recipe suggestions to help you enjoy food and stay on track with managing diabetes over Christmas.

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Visit our Discovery Centre in the holidays

Beat the heat these school holidays by visiting the The Kids Discovery Centre.v

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New diabetes testing program

Have you seen the recent news about Type1Screen, a free new nationwide program that aims to better detect a child's risk of developing type 1 diabetes?