Empowering Youth.
Encouraging Healthy Living.
“…because it's not just your body, it's your soul, it's your mind
that exercise is for...” -research participant living with T1D
The Type 1 Diabetes Exercise and Mentorship TEAM Trial is a research study in both Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Mississauga, Ontario that is testing a peer mentoring program aimed at increasing physical activity and quality of life, and decreasing diabetes-related distress in teenagers living with type 1 diabetes. The program content involves doing physical activity together and talking about shared experiences. Participants have three weekly contacts per week for twelve weeks with a young adult mentor
who also lives with type 1 diabetes:
• Group based session with all participants and mentors, in-person

 • Individual session with a mentor, in-person

 • A check-in message from a mentor, with a reminder to do some physical activity on your own
