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Diabetes mellitus is a global health problem, in 2021, 537 million people live with diabetes (1 out of 10).

Most cases of diabetes are type 2 (T2D) and approximately 5 to 10% of people with diabetes are type 1 (T1D), with an estimate of 37 million people worldwide.

Insulin is the hormone that allows us to manage carbohydrates or carbohydrates to produce vital energy. People with type 1 diabetes do not produce insulin and must inject insulin before their meals in order to use carbohydrates for energy.

The webDia-Mundi application aims to help count carbohydrates in different foods, to improve diabetes control.

For a good nutritional balance, it is advisable to distribute the food of each meal as follows: half the plate with vegetables, ¼ of the plate with a protein source food and the other ¼ with a carbohydrate source.

Some foods contain NO carbohydrates, or have very little: such as meat, fish, cheeses, eggs, vegetables, sugar-free drinks and water. Foods with simple sugars (natural fruit juice, sugar, honey, soft drinks…) are absorbed very quickly and it is better to take them only in case of hypoglycemia (when sugar is very low).

Pasta (noodles, lasagna, macaroni…), starches (potatoes, corn, biscuits, bread, rice, cereals…) and legumes (beans, broad beans…) are rich in carbohydrates, so it is necessary to adjust the dose of insulin.

ATTENTION: In no case does webDia-Mundi replace follow-up with health professionals.

537 MILLION

of people live with diabetes (1 in 10)

Most cases of diabetes are type 2 (T2D)

5 to 10%

of people with diabetes have type 1 (T1D)

For a good nutritional balance,

it is important to eat a balanced diet

half the plate
with vegetables

1/4 from the plate
with protein

1/4 from the plate
with carbohydrates

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Some foods do not contain carbohydrates

Such as meat, fish, cheese, eggs, vegetables, sugar-free drinks and water

History

from a family story to webDia-Mundi…

November 2011

Kim in the emergency room of the Geneva University Hospitals, when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Spring 2012

All the calculations and the tensions that they can generate, I decided to develop an application in order to calculate the units of insulin to inject based on meals, this first version of webDia was used for more than a year only in the family environment.

This allowed Kim to support her towards independence and show her that she was capable of managing her illness !

webDia was validated by the University Hospitals of Geneva, and has since been distributed on their site.

Spring 2023

webDia has been used for years at the Geneva University Hospitals.

I was contacted by the tropical and humanitarian medicine department in order to be able to develop webDia to adapt it to several countries or regions of the world, which is how webDia-Mundi was created.

Our first stay was in Peru, where we accompanied health professionals, families and diabetic children in therapeutic education courses.