Kirsten Angell, RD, LD, CDCES, helps people with diabetes understand they are not alone in their diabetes management efforts.
Your LINK to healthy lifestyle change!
Link 4 Diabetes™, a division of Link 4 Nutrition™, provides diabetes education and management tools to empower people with diabetes (PWD) to modify their lifestyle and adopt healthy self care behaviors, which result in improved health and quality of life.
Mission
To be a reliable and accurate source aimed at helping PWD and people living with diabetes (PLWD) manage diabetes through empowerment of diabetes education.
PLWD=An individual with diabetes or anyone who cares for or is affiliated with someone who has diabetes.
Vision
For PWD to have access to and utilize diabetes management tools available to them so they may have better health and better lives.
The Service: THINK LINK!
In-person and telehealth diabetes education for the following conditions:
At Risk for Diabetes (formerly Pre-Diabetes)
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
Individualized diabetes education in the areas of the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists' (ADCES) AADE7 Self Care Behaviors™ including:
Healthy Eating
Being Active
Monitoring
Taking Medication
Problem Solving
Healthy Coping
Reducing Risks
Critical access hospitals, clinics, and providers interested in contracting with Link 4 Diabetes™ to provide diabetes Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) and to obtain accreditation to provide Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) to your facility, please connect with Kirsten to discuss options.
Diabetes education presentations:
Healthy Eating for Diabetes Management (1 day workshop)
Nutrition Nuts and Bolts: Know Your Carb Containing Foods
Carb Counting and Label Reading: You Can Do It!
Snacking Savvy for Diabetes
What Should I Cook Tonight? Meal Planning for Diabetes
A Dinner Date with Diabetes (Dining Out with Diabetes)
Prior Proper Planning for Healthy Holiday Eating with Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
Diabetes Management Toolbox: Monitors, Pumps, and Beyond
Know Your Numbers: Beyond Blood Sugar
Taking Diabetes on the Road
Caregiver Basics
I'm Sick…Now What? (Sick Day Management)
"Getting Down" with Physical Activity
Think Well! Mental and Emotional Well-Being with Diabetes
These dynamic, hands-on presentations will entertain while providing attendees with practical diabetes management tools at the same time. For groups and organizations interested in booking one of these fun and fact-filled presentations, please connect with Kirsten to present at your event.
Why the Blue Circle?
The blue circle was created in 2006 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) as the universal symbol for diabetes to give diabetes a common identity while showing support for the fight against diabetes. The symbol was originally developed for the campaign that resulted in the passage of United Nations Resolution 61/225, which recognizes November 14 as World Diabetes Day.
IDF holds all rights to the blue circle for diabetes.
“My goal is to help people with diabetes (PWD) understand they are not alone in their diabetes management efforts. As a certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES), I’m qualified to assist PWD in all areas of diabetes management, and as a registered and licensed dietitian (RD, LD), I am aware eating with diabetes is often the biggest challenge PWD experience. I’m passionate for working with PWD to help them understand everyone should eat like they have diabetes, and eating with diabetes can be enjoyable and not prohibitive. Through nutrition education and all other areas of client-centered diabetes education and management, I help PWD have the confidence to experience the fullness of life they deserve.”