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 preexercise cardiac evaluation
• Adjust insulin therapy and medication and nutritional needs
• Motivate your patients to begin and continue a healthy, active lifestyle