Online group classes

You’d like to learn how to live a better life with diabetes?

You’re concerned about your heart health or your weight?

The online group classes offered by the CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent can help you.

How?

By putting you in touch with health professionals who will share their knowledge, tips and advice with you
By providing concrete and effective tools
By providing dedicated support to help you better cope with your current situation
By helping you adopt a sustainable change in your lifestyle habits
By answering your questions

Because YOU are the most qualified person to look after YOUR health!

Consult our offer of online group classes

Our team of professionals has prepared three choices of online classes:

Living better with diabetes

Taking your life to heart

For people who:

are living with diabetes;
have a pre-diabetes diagnosis;
want to learn more about the disease and how to prevent it.

For people who:

have high cholesterol;
have high blood pressure;
have a family history of heart disease;
have a metabolic syndrome;
want to learn more about how to prevent heart disease.

Au-delà du poids 2.0 classes

For people who:

are concerned about their weight;
would like to improve their lifestyle habits;
would like to understand the link between weight, health and lifestyle habits;
wonder about the impact of dieting on their health.

Our virtual classes offer:

information provided by a team of passionate health professionals;
tips and tricks for adopting and maintaining a healthy diet and an active lifestyle;
knowledge to make it easier to understand nutritional labels;
strategies for better stress management;
knowledge to better understand your medication and make informed choices at the pharmacy;
reference tools to help you take action.

Formula

5 to 6 virtual meetings (online with Teams)
1 meeting a week, usually on Tuesday or Thursday
Average duration: 1.5 hours per meeting. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m.
You can attend only the meetings that interest you.
Click to consult the calendar of virtual classes on chronic diseases:
- January to June 2026 (in French)
Note that the online classes are not available during the summer.

Pre-registration

Fill out the pre-registration form (in French) to indicate your interest.
We will then contact you and send you more information. Note that sending in this form does not commit you to participate in the meetings.

You have questions?

Send us an email: cours.mc.dsp.cisssbsl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Additional information

Frequently asked questions (in French)
Directory of community resources (in French)
Training information pamphlet: Prenez votre vie à coeur (in French)
Training information pamphlet: Mieux vivre avec le diabète (in French)
Training information pamphlet: Au-delà du poids 2.0 (in French)
Promotional poster (in French)

To learn more about chronic diseases