Food For Thought Column: Offers readers updates on nutrition and lifestyle issues related to diabetes and pre-diabetes, including meal planning, weight management and physical activity, plus strategies for optimizing nutritional education. 

Sample Article:  Ketosis and Ketoacidosis: They May Be Sisters, but They’re Certainly Not Twins. October 2018

Sample Article: Nutrition Advice When Time Is an Issue January 2018

​Sample Article: Merging Nutrition Recommendations for Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease August 2018

Mindsights Column: This department explores the psychosocial aspects of diabetes education including counseling, mind/body connections and strategies for facilitating behavior change.

Sample Article: One More For The Road. July 2014

Sample Article: Diabetes: A Family Story. January 2014

Patient Stories: We all have interesting patients we like to talk about, without mentioning names of course. But sometimes our patients have a story to tell, too. We welcome stories from patients about their experience with diabetes, how diabetes has affected their lives and relationships, how they have achieved their dreams, what impact their diabetes care and education specialist has had on them, etc. Stories can be inspiring, provocative, controversial, informative, motivational or anything that may have a useful message for readers. 

Sample Article: Experiencing is Believing. May 2014

Sample Article: The Diabetes Patient-Provider Relationship: 5 Ways to Make it Even Stronger. September 2014

Practice Pearls: These are are short, timely, relevant tips, advice ideas or motivational messages for practicing diabetes care and education specialists. This might include a quick introduction to an educational tool, a brief how-to related to communicating a concept or demonstrating a self-care skill or anything else that is immediately accessible and quickly applicable in practice.

Sample Article: The Mindful Session