The Halton Diabetes Program promotes diabetes self-care by providing education and support to adults with diabetes and their families. The program aims to help people with diabetes learn to make healthy lifestyle choices. Through education, the program strives to reduce the risk of and delay the progression of complications. Individual and group programs as well as ongoing follow-up, are provided by a team of specialized diabetes educators. They work with people who have diabetes, and their doctors, to help themselves increase knowledge and skill in diabetes management.