Handbook Of Exercise In Diabetes

Let over 65 scientists and clinicians, all diabetes and exercise experts, brought together by Editor-in-Chief Neil Ruderman, MD, Dphil, and Editors John T. Devlin, MD, and Stephen H. Schneider, MD, show you how to: Use exercise to treat type 2 diabetes. Use exercise to prevent your at risk patients from progressing to a diabetes diagnosis. Use exercise to prevent diabetes complications. Prescribe user-friendly exercise programs to all patients with diabetes, including those with complications and concerns such as gestational diabetes and insulin pump therapy. Assess each patient's risk-benefit profile, including pre-exercise cardiac evaluation. Understand the changes in cell signaling induced by exercise that regulate glucose transport and lipid metabolism. Adjust insulin therapy and medication and nutritional needs. Motivate your patients to begin and continue a healthy, active lifestyle.