Hannah Helgegren

Vice President
Diabetes
Swedish Diabetes Association
Sweden

Business Expert Diabetes and Endocrinology
Biography

 Hannah works as a dietician at the Child Survival Unit at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. She herself has type 1 diabetes and, through her education, supplies knowledge about food, nutrition and lifestyle changes. Hannah holds a Bachelor's degree in dietetics from Göteborg University, 2004, a medical master's degree in Clinical Nutrition from Gothenburg University, 2005, and begins her studies in diet science (Health Promotion) at Gothenburg University in 2016. Hannah has been in the Diabetes Association Board since 2009 and in the Diabetes Foundation's Board since 2012.

Research Intrest

My skills that I can bring to the association lie in the field of food, nutrition and lifestyle changes. I am extra curious about relationships between people and how, together with others, you can work to reduce the negative consequences of having diabetes.