Overcoming Diabetes
Prevent, manage, reverse type 2 diabetes and rewrite your health story
Type 2 diabetes is Australia’s fastest-growing preventable health condition and one of New Zealand’s most serious and rapidly rising long-term health challenges. Are you ready to take charge and experience the proven power of food and lifestyle to protect your health?
Overcoming Diabetes is an on-demand course for anyone living with—or looking to prevent—type 2 diabetes. Whether you’re managing existing health concerns or aiming to reduce your risk, this course provides expert guidance, practical tools, and evidence-based strategies to help you make lasting, positive changes. Developed by expert healthcare professionals, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to support better health, wellbeing, and long-term vitality.
What to expect from the Overcoming Diabetes course
Overcoming Diabetes is created specifically for people living with—or at risk of—type 2 diabetes. With evidence-based, easy-to-follow resources, it provides education on how sustainable dietary and lifestyle changes can help prevent, manage, and even reverse type 2 diabetes. It’s the go-to course for anyone who wants to understand type 2 diabetes and the vital role of nutrition in prevention, management and recovery.
- Learn from experienced healthcare practitioners and medical doctors with expertise in whole food, plant-based nutrition and evidence-based lifestyle interventions.
- Explore a rich blend of educational content and practical strategies through over a dozen engaging video lessons, plus a range of additional resources.
- Use tools designed to support lasting behaviour change, including goal-setting, habit formation, mindset guidance, and progress tracking for sustainable lifestyle improvements.
- Enjoy flexible, on-demand learning that helps you manage type 2 diabetes, lower your risk, and deepen your understanding of a balanced, health-promoting diet.
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Expert insights from trusted healthcare professionals
Overcoming Diabetes has been developed by a team of healthcare professionals with expertise in whole food plant-based nutrition and evidence-based lifestyle interventions. Our experts share evidence to demonstrate how diet and lifestyle changes can help prevent, manage, or even reverse type 2 diabetes.
Dr Luke Wilson
MBChB, BA, MSc
General Practitioner / Lifestyle Medicine Physician
DFN Board Director
Amy Leahy
Degree-qualified Nutritionist
Master of Public Health
DFN Education Support
Elena Schaller
PharmD, BSc
DFN Education Lead
Dr Anis Ta’eed
MBBS
Fellow – Nephrology &
General and Acute Care Medicine
Nephrologist | Lifestyle Medicine Physician
Drew Harrisberg
BAppSc (Exercise &Sport)
PG.Cert Diabetes Education & Management
Exercise Physiologist | Diabetes Educator
Access more than a dozen on-demand video lessons and other resources
Unlike short-term programs or general nutrition courses, this offering is condition-specific and focuses exclusively on type 2 diabetes. It combines in-depth education and practical behaviour change strategies to guide participants toward lasting transformation. This course doesn’t focus on counting calories or unrealistic dieting protocols. We use real food and lifestyle interventions that are achievable for everyone.
You’ll discover:
- What type 2 diabetes is and the factors that drive it
- How your food and lifestyle habits influence your risk
- The role of nutrition in preventing, managing, and even reversing type 2 diabetes
- How to uncover your personal motivations and set realistic, achievable goals
- Practical guidance, recipes, and tools to turn knowledge into everyday action
- And many more insights to support your journey
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Why Overcoming Diabetes is for you
Discover the foods that protect against type 2 diabetes—and those that increase risk.
Take charge of your health with practical, science-backed strategies.
Use simple tools to create lasting lifestyle changes that prevent, manage, or even reverse type 2 diabetes.
What did previous DFN course participants learn?
Your investment to gain valuable nutrition knowledge
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Given the digital nature and immediate accessibility of our on-demand activities, all associated fees are non-refundable. Please see our refund policy here.
All proceeds support Doctors For Nutrition’s independent charitable work so we can continue to provide education and advocacy, alleviate suffering, and save lives.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The course is on-demand, meaning you can start whenever you’re ready. There’s no start date, and you can move through the content at your own pace based on your schedule and goals.
You will receive progress emails starting from the time you first access or purchase the course however, you’re free to start the course whenever it suits you. While you’re welcome to complete the course multiple times, the email journey will only be sent during your first attempt.
This course is ideal for people living with—or at risk of—prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. It’s the go-to course for anyone who wants to understand type 2 diabetes and the vital role of nutrition and lifestyle in prevention, management and recovery.
The course offers a range of resources to access from the comfort of your home, in a time that suits you. These include video lessons, text lessons, downloads and demonstrations. If you have questions, you can contact our DFN team for assistance, or ask questions directly within the course.
DFN members will have lifetime access to the course materials for as long as they remain members. Non-members will have access for 12 months from the date of purchase. Within these timeframes, you can revisit the content as often as you like, whenever it suits you.
Within the course, you’ll find links to various recipe websites that our team have vetted. We clearly indicate those that are whole food plant-based and low in sugar, oil and salt. We also share some favourite recipes from previous course contributors, for you to download and keep.
We link to a range of plant-based recipe websites, including options that cater to common allergens like gluten. All recipes shared are entirely free from meat, dairy, and eggs.
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