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    Are The Diabetes Police Arresting Your Season?

    Oct 13, 2018 4 minutes
    by Alison Massey, MS, RD, LDN, CDE

    Undeniably, one’s family can be an integral part of diabetes self-management. Family can provide emotional support and help with maintaining specific lifestyle components related to self-care. While research has established that support (including support from family) can be an integral part of diffusing stressors related to diabetes self-management, studies also suggest that family can be one of the primary causes of stress. Anyone living with diabetes can probably attest to the challenges of having your support system be both a blessing and a burden. The complexity of this relationship, in which encouraging can also seem like nagging, is often amplified around the holiday season when self-care routines might take a backseat to

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