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Carbohydrate counting is crucial for people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), who have to decide how many units of insulin to inject according to the amount of carbohydrate ingested.

The webDia application was developed in Switzerland by the father of a child with T1D, in collaboration with the Geneva University Hospitals. The aim is to support people being treated with insulin and those around them in their daily lives, and to encourage independence and autonomy.

By creating the webDia-Mundi app, this Swiss innovation has been transposed to other contexts around the world.

The aim of the webDia-Mundi application is to help you count the carbohydrates in different foods, so that you can adjust your insulin dose and improve your day-to-day diabetes control. For a good nutritional balance, it is advisable to divide the food in each meal as follows :

  • half the plate with vegetables,
  • ¼ of the plate with a protein source
  • and the other ¼ with a source of carbohydrates

Some foods do NOT contain carbohydrates, or contain very few carbohydrates: such as meat, fish, cheeses, eggs, vegetables, sugar-free drinks and water. Foods containing simple sugars (natural fruit juices, sugar, honey, fizzy drinks, etc.) are absorbed very quickly and are best taken in the event of hypoglycaemia (when sugar levels are very low).

Pasta (noodles, lasagne, macaroni, etc.), starchy foods (potatoes, maize, biscuits, bread, rice, cereals, etc.) and pulses (kidney beans, broad beans, etc.) are rich in carbohydrates, so you need to know the amount of carbohydrates to adjust the insulin dose required.

CAUTION : In no way does webDia-Mundi replace follow-up with healthcare professionals

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half the plate
with vegetables

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1/4 from the plate
with protein

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1/4 from the plate
with carbohydrates

 

November 2011

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

Kim aux urgences

Spring 2012

With the onset of diabetes, the family found themselves having to do the math to determine the doses of insulin to inject. All these calculations generated stress and tension. To overcome this, I decided to develop a calculation assistance application. This is how webDia was born, which was used for more than a year only in the family environment.

This allowed Kim to become more independent 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.

Application webDia

Since 2013

In 2013, webDia was validated and adapted by the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), so that all children and young people living with T1D and their families can use it.

webDia was used for 10 years at the HUG and was able to prove its worth thanks to a randomized study (Klee P, Castellsague M, et al. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2018;)

Développement de l'application

2020-2024

Building on this success, the idea of extending it to other countries was born. I was contacted by the Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine to develop webDia and adapt it to several countries or regions of the world. This is how webDia-Mundi was created.

We started in Peru where we worked with professionals from the country to create the Peruvian version. Currently, we have more than 770 users in Peru: health professionals, children living with T1D, as well as their families and friends

Développement de l'application

Summer 2024

Kim now manages her diabetes very well, she is training to become a nurse…

 

The aim of the expeditions is to raise awareness and disseminate the webDia-Mundi application by organising several training modules for healthcare professionals, people living with diabetes and their families. These therapeutic education training courses are co-facilitated with the interprofessional teams of the HUG and Peru.

webDia-Mundi is a great help for carbohydrate counting and learning “Functional Insulin Therapy”, i.e.: evaluating the insulin dose for each food intake by calculating the carbohydrates to be ingested.

Between 2023 and 2024 there were two expeditions to Peru covering training in the regions of Lima, Arequipa and Trujillo. In total, nearly 150 healthcare professionals and 100 people living with T1D and their families took part in the practical training courses.

We also informed the Peruvian Ministry of Health (MINSA) so that they could continue to extend the use of the webDia-Mundi application. In 2024, MINSA approved the clinical practice guide for the diagnosis and treatment of type 1 diabetes in children, adolescents and adults –

Therapeutic patient education – is a structured person-centred learning process that supports individuals living with chronic conditions to self-manage their own health by drawing on their own resources, supported by their carers and families.

Doctor

“Webdia mundi has been an extraordinary tool for explaining one of the most complicated points to diabetes patients, which is carbohydrate counting. This tool, made with Peruvian products from our region, has helped me…

Nutricionist

“Regarding the application: it is very good, useful, practical, and necessary. It needs to expand to include more Peruvian foods, and if possible, common, homemade, traditional, and more representative dishes from Peru’s regions. Justification:…

Anonymous

“Suitable. One improvement could be to adapt the application to different regions of Peru, as the heterogeneity of Peruvian cuisine means there are different dishes with different ingredients.”…

Anonymous

“The application is very good. I have shared it with patients and healthcare staff at my hospital. Very useful for monitoring measures.”…

Doctor

“Very grateful to be able to participate in such an important project for us who work in the primary care setting, and we require continuous guidance and training due to the ongoing advancements in…

Anita Aguilar – nutricionist

“In my experience, I work with patients diagnosed with DM1, and introducing them to the WebDia app has been beneficial. They’ve shown interest in using the app for self-guidance, often complementing it with their…