Betty Brackenridge, MS, RD, CDE, is Owner and Director of Professional Training for Diabetes Management and Training Centers, Inc. (DMTC) in Phoenix, Arizona. DMTC's unique diabetes education approach engages people in discovering their own best way to manage diabetes.

She has served as President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators; on the Center for Disease Control's Technical Advisory Committee on Diabetes; as a member of the editorial boards of several professional and lay publications in the diabetes field; and as a co-opted consultant to the International Diabetes Federation's Diabetes Education Consultative Section. She is a frequent and popular speaker on a variety of clinical, behavioral and educational topics, making 30 or more presentations each year to audiences of both health professionals and people with diabetes. She has written many patient education publications in diabetes.

The most recent of her many publications is Diabetes Myths, Misconceptions and Big Fat Lies! (DMTC, 2002), a user-friendly guide to making diabetes control and a satisfying life into a package deal. Another of her books is Sweet Kids (American Diabetes Association, 2002), a guide to pediatric diabetes nutrition management in the context of family relationships. Her other book, the third edition of Diabetes 101, is an innovative book for insulin-using patients told in story form (John Wiley and Sons, 2000).