Diabetes Management

Take control of your condition and your life at the Blount Memorial Weight Management Center

Diabetes is a chronic disease, but it can be controlled. The Blount Memorial Weight Management Center in Maryville, Tennessee provides diabetes education classes that teach the knowledge and skills for managing the condition. A support group for patients also meets every other month, and a free Diabetes Lecture Series is offered to the community.

Diabetes education classes offer:

• A thorough understanding of diabetes and how it affects your body and life
• Meal planning, including how to identify and count carbohydrates
• Information about the benefits of regular exercise in maintaining good health and more-desirable blood glucose levels
• Instruction in how to correctly monitor your blood glucose and interpret the numbers
• Strategies for recognizing and helping prevent acute and long-term complications
• Stress management techniques

Registration and scheduling

For more information, call the Weight Management Center at 865-977-5767.