Diabetes is a global health problem that is expected to present one of the twenty-first century's biggest medical challenges. It is on the rise, affecting around 2.5 million people in the UK. Yet, in many cases, type 2 diabetes can be controlled by changes to lifestyle alone, including improving diet and taking more exercise. This new edition of Coping with Type 2 Diabetes explains why the prevalence of this condition in increasing with such alarming rapidity, and why it's so important to be responsible for your own health and to take heed of any warning signs, such as tiredness, weight loss, passing large amounts of urine and feeling generally unwell. It also looks at the rise in obesity, and at genetic and viral research into diabetes.
Topics include:
- the role of diet in treatment an prevention
- how exercise helps with treatment and prevention
- other lifestyle measures that may keep diabetes at bay, such as improving the quality of sleep
- treatment and testing
- pregnancy and diabetes
- living with type 2 diabetes
- myths and misconceptions
Size: 138mm x 216mm x 9mm
Paperback
No. pages: 128