Ageing Well Public Talk Series: What should we know about nutrition and living with Diabetes Type 2 while ageing

Join us for our upcoming talk in our 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore what should we know about nutrition and living with Diabetes Type 2 while ageing with Dr Jitka Vseteckova and Mr Alan Hastings.

In this talk, Jitka and Alan will discuss what we need to consider around nutrition while ageing and how to support people to eat regularly and well. We will also discuss nutrition and what we need to know about living with Diabetes Type 2.

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The speakers

Mr Alan Hastings was diagnosed as Pre-diabetic in 2014, i.e. close to Type 2. As an ex-Project Manager, Alan treats his health as a project, so he controls his diet and physical activity. Taking care of his health and creating healthy routines helped him to keep his blood sugar at acceptable levels.

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About the series

The Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series explores how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in older age, also known as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well.

Ageing demonstrates most significantly when we reach a certain age, the usual benchmark being 65+, but ageing starts much sooner and the way ageing demonstrates when we are over 65 depends on decisions we make over our life span.

The AWPT series and related materials such as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well became the cornerstones of further engagement with the public, specifically around COVID-19 and the relating self-isolation, which are now available on the OU website and the Internet.

The overall aim of these series of interventions is to facilitate a step-change in user behaviour and support service provision. Self-management and becoming a partner in our own healthcare is an important aspect of these talks. This may have a wider impact on healthcare economies, as ageing and related co-morbidities have a substantial health and economic burden footprint.