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Title American Medical Association guide to living with diabetes : preventing and treating type 2 diabetes : essential information you and your family need to know / Boyd E. Metzger.
Author Metzger, Boyd E.
Publication Info. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  616.462 KOT    Check Shelves
 Southeast  616.462 KOT    Check Shelves
Description viii, 278 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents What is diabetes? -- Are you at risk? -- Maintaining a healthy weight -- Nutrition basics for staying healthy -- Exercise your way to better health -- How do you know if you have diabetes? -- Reaching a healthy weight -- Eating a healthy diet -- Your exercise regimen -- Medication and blood sugar testing -- Experimental treatments and special situations -- Acute complications -- Chronic complications -- Type 2 diabetes in children -- Gestational diabetes.
Summary A definitive guide to managing Type 2 diabetes presents an easy-to-follow self-care handbook that describes the disease, risk factors, and ways to reduce the risk and offers helpful information on lifestyle changes, medications, and therapies.
Subject Non insulin-dependent diabetes -- Popular works.
Diabetes Mellitus -- popular works.
Added Author Metzger, Boyd E.
Kotulak, Donna.
Brick, Pam.
American Medical Association.
Note Pre-publication title:
American Medical Association complete guide to living with diabetes.
Added Title Guide to living with diabetes.
Living with diabetes.
ISBN 0471750239 : $25.95
9780471750239 : $25.95