Diabetes and Exercise (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Diabetes is a major public health problem in the United States. This collection, Diabetes and Exercise, discusses the extent of the problem of diabetes and sedentary lifestyle and presents a compelling rationale for the importance of increased physical activity and exercise in persons with diabetes. The concept of exercise as medicine has a strong but underappreciated scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Diabetes and Exercise, compiled by a team of experts in the field, focuses on both the physiological and practical aspects of the beneficial effects of exercise. This thorough collaboration provides the why's and how's to implementing the physical activity and exercise changes so important in diabetes prevention and disease management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Humana Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597452601
• Artikelnr.: 37338047

Inhaltsangabe

Epidemiology and Prevention.- The Epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Its Links to Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Lipotoxicity.- Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes.- The Metabolic Syndrome.- Physiological Effects of Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes.- Exercise Performance and Effects of Exercise Training in Diabetes.- The Cardiovascular Consequences of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.- Endothelial Dysfunction, Inflammation, and Exercise.- Exercise, Adiposity, and Regional Fat Distribution.- Diabetes Mellitus and Exercise Physiology in the Presence of Diabetic Comorbidities.- Management and Treatment.- Prescribing Exercise for Patients with Diabetes.- Behavior Change Strategies for Increasing Exercise in Diabetes.- Nutritional Management of Diabetes.- Guidelines for Exercise Testing in Diabetics Starting an Exercise Program.- Special Considerations for Exercise in Persons with Diabetes.- Conditions That May Interfere with Exercise.- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Exercise.- Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes in Youth.