Information and resources

Information to help you self-manage your diabetes, including topics such as diabetes care, nutrition, exercise, pregnancy, associated health information, and the NDSS.

Need printed copies of the NDSS resources? Call the NDSS Helpline on 1800 637 700.

Translated resources - Do you need information in another language? We have information available in languages other than English.

Building Blocks - Diabetes education video series

Diabetes Victoria’s Building Blocks is a series of brief, educational videos providing tips on managing diabetes.
We developed these videos to support people living with diabetes who use insulin, and all content and information in the videos has been reviewed by our health professional team.

Topics include managing hypos, exercise, sick days, carbohydrates and technology.

Pictorial guides

Translated pictorial guides have been developed with community and include culturally relevant pictures and tips for staying healthy.

Click on the pictures below to read the online version of each guide.

The printed guides are $1.00 each.

To speak to someone in your language, call 1300 801 164.

The pictorial guides include:

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes	Diabetes in pregnancy
Arabic
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes
الطعام الصحي	التمارين الرياضية ومرض السكري	التحكم في السكري الذي أعاني منه	صحة قدماي ومرض السكري
Chinese (Simplified)
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes	Workplace resource
健康饮食	运动与糖尿病ي	控制糖尿病	足部与糖尿病	在工作场所中 管理糖尿病
Chinese (Traditional)
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes
健康飲食	運動與糖尿病	控制糖尿病	足部與糖尿病
English
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes	Carbohydrate counting in exchanges	Diabetes in pregnancy
Greek
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes
Υγιεινή διατροφή	Γυμναστική και διαβήτης	Διαχείριση του διαβήτη μου	Τα πόδια μου και ο διαβήτης
Indian
Carbohydrate counting in exchanges	Healthy Eating
Italian
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes
Alimentazione sana	Esercizio fisico e diabete	Gestione del diabete	I piedi e il diabete
Karen
Healthy eating
Healthy eating
Vietnamese
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes	Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes
Ăn uống có lợi cho sức khỏe	Tập thể dục và bệnh tiểu đường	Chăm lo bệnh tiểu đường của tôi	Bàn chân tôi và bệnh tiểu đường

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes
Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes
Diabetes in pregnancy
Arabic
الطعام الصحي	التمارين الرياضية ومرض السكري
التحكم في السكري الذي أعاني منه	صحة قدماي ومرض السكري
Chinese (Simplified)
健康饮食	运动与糖尿病ي
控制糖尿病	足部与糖尿病
在工作场所中 管理糖尿病
Chinese (Traditional)
健康飲食	運動與糖尿病
控制糖尿病	足部與糖尿病
English
Healthy eating	Exercise and diabetes
Managing my diabetes	My feet and diabetes
Carbohydrate counting in exchanges	Diabetes in pregnancy
Greek
Υγιεινή διατροφή	Γυμναστική και διαβήτης
Διαχείριση του διαβήτη μου	Τα πόδια μου και ο διαβήτης
Indian
Carbohydrate counting in exchanges	Healthy Eating
Italian
Alimentazione sana	Esercizio fisico e diabete
Gestione del diabete	I piedi e il diabete
Karen
Healthy eating
Vietnamese
Ăn uống có lợi cho sức khỏe	Tập thể dục và bệnh tiểu đường
Chăm lo bệnh tiểu đường của tôi	Bàn chân tôi và bệnh tiểu đường