With this app you will find out!
Novo Nordisk recently developed an app that aims to make people more aware of type 1 diabetes. The Danish company is a major developer in diabetes care and is now active worldwide. By installing the app you can take on the so-called #diabetes1challenge. The challenge is to virtually experience what it is like to live with type 48 diabetes for 1 hours.
How does a celebrity experience this challenge?
The well-known television presenter Tooske Ragas is the figurehead of the challenge. As the aunt of a niece with diabetes, she wanted to know how this chronic condition affects her daily life. She found it more difficult than she initially thought. “Every moment of the day I was disturbed by, but also disturbed by, that app,” Tooske explains on the specially launched website diabetes1challenge.nl. She found it especially difficult to continuously make choices and think about things that she normally wouldn't have to think about. For example, about blood sugar levels, calorie consumption and her physical activities. The TV presenter also challenges you to participate, so that you can experience for yourself what it is like to live with diabetes day in, day out and the mental pressure this causes.
Type 1 diabetes
In the Netherlands, more than 100.000 people have type 1 diabetes. It is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own immune system attacks the cells that produce insulin in the pancreas. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to remove sugars from the blood so that they can be used by the body cells as an energy source. Too much blood sugar can lead to serious health problems. Diabetes patients with type 1 therefore inject insulin into their bodies every day. To know how much insulin To administer them precisely, it is essential to be aware of your own blood sugar level, the amount of sugar intake from food and the level of exercise at any time of the day. But there are many more factors that influence this. You will find out more about this with the diabetes challenge.
Get started yourself
Are you a diabetic yourself? Ask those around you to participate in this challenge and you will notice that awareness about your situation is growing and that there is more understanding of your daily diabetes care. The app is via the pass launched website to download, but Android users can also download this DT1 day2day app directly from the Google PlayStore. People with an iPhone can go to Apple's App Store.