The Handy Diabetes Answer Book

Patricia E. Barnes-Svarney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2017
Visible Ink Press (Verlag)
978-1-57859-597-6 (ISBN)

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From scientific explanations of the affects of diabetes on the human body to monitoring, maintaining, exercising and eating right, The Handy Diabetes Answer Book provides detailed information on the research and science on the disease as well as coping with the burden.This useful resource shows how and why the disease affects the body, and provides glimpses of historical and contemporary figures with diabetes. It demonstrates how to cope with - and live well - through food, exercise and life style choices.

Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist who has written extensively about the natural world. His books, with Patricia Barnes-Svarney, include Visible Ink Press’ The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Biology Answer Book, and The Handy Nutrition Answer Book, and he is also the author of Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness around the World and The Oryx Guide to Natural History.

Introduction

1. Diabetes Basics
2. Who Gets Diabetes
3. Type 1 Diabetes
4. Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
5. Other Types of Diabetes
6. Diabetes Affects on Sleep, Allergies and Other Diseases
7. Diabetes and the Senses
8. Diabetes Affects on Bones, Joints, Muscles, Teeth, and Skin
9. Diabetes Affects on the Endocrine System
10. Diabetes Affects on the Nervous System
11. Diabetes Affects on the Circulatory System
12. Diabetes Affects on the Digestive System
13. Diabetes Affects on the Urinary System
14. Diabetes Affects on the Reproductive System
15. Diabetes and Obesity
16. Coping with Diabetes
17. Controlling Diabetes
18. Diabetes and Exercise
19. Diabetes and Nutrition
20. Diabetes and Food
21. Grocery Shopping and Eating Out
22. The Future and Diabetes

Appendices
A. Food Exchanges
B. Glycemic Indexes and Loads of Some Common Foods
C. Resources, Web Sites and Apps
Glossary of Terms
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	18.08.2017
Verlagsort	Canton, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Ernährung / Diät / Fasten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-57859-597-5 / 1578595975
ISBN-13	978-1-57859-597-6 / 9781578595976
Zustand	Neuware