D17 - Carbohydrate Awareness vs Carbohydrate Counting When Using Insulin Delivery Technology

Sunday, August 10, 2025

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM MST

CE/CME Hours: .75 CE

Pharmacology Hours: 0.0 CE
Universal Activity Number (Live): JA4008258-0000-25-160-L01-P
University Activity Number (Home): JA4008258-0000-25-225-H01-P

Are advances in insulin delivery technology making precise carbohydrate counting obsolete? This presentation explores the concept of carbohydrate awareness in the context of helping people with diabetes utilize AID and connected insulin pens while reducing the burden of requiring precise carbohydrate counting skills. Expand your thinking to go beyond the "ideal" carbohydrate-counting patient to improve access for many people who can benefit from insulin delivery technology.

Disclosure(s):

Becky Sulik, RDN, CDCES, LD: Beta Bionics: Pump Training Fees (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); DiabetesSisters: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing); Eli Lilly Co: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing); Insulet Corporation: Pump Training Fees (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Medtronic Diabetes: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing), Pump Training Fees (Ongoing), Speakers' Bureau (Ongoing); Sanofi-Aventis: Speakers' Bureau (Ongoing)

Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FADCES: Welldoc: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Primary Presenter(s)

Becky Sulik, RDN, CDCES, LD (she/her/hers)

Director of Education
Rocky Mountain Diabetes Center

Disclosure(s): Beta Bionics: Pump Training Fees (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); DiabetesSisters: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing); Eli Lilly Co: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing); Insulet Corporation: Pump Training Fees (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Medtronic Diabetes: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing), Pump Training Fees (Ongoing), Speakers' Bureau (Ongoing); Sanofi-Aventis: Speakers' Bureau (Ongoing)

Session Host(s)

Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FADCES

Diabetes-Cardiometabolic Consultant
Janice MacLeod Consulting