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Diabetes magazine

Diabetes magazine is the main publication of the Finnish Diabetes Association. Established in 1949, Diabetes is a periodical focusing on the care and prevention of diabetes. The magazine is published six times a year.


Its target audience includes people with diabetes and their families, people at high risk of diabetes and diabetes care professionals.

Diabetes offers:

  • reliable information about the care and prevention of diabetes and its complications
  • plain-language reports of topical research
  • practical tips for self-management
  • eating advice and recipes
  • interviews
  • information about activities of the Finnish Diabetes Association and its local branches.

Regular issues of Diabetes magazine contain 64-80 pages. 

The subscription options also include Diabetes as a digital magazine, as a talking magazine on audio cassette, as well as standard issues combined with a Swedish supplement.

Members can take out a subscription to Diabetes for 18 euros a year while non-members pay 49 euros.

Editorial Staff

The Head of Communications of the Finnish Diabetes Association is also the Editor of Diabetes. The magazine has its own Sub-Editor. A separate Translator-Editor is responsible for producing the Swedish supplement. Contact details.

Reader polls are utilized to enhance the contents of the magazine. In addition, smaller-scale reader surveys are performed. The readership is also encouraged to give informal feedback to the editors.