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Type 2 Diabetes (Exercise Your Way to Health): Exercise Plans to Improve Your Life

Type 2 Diabetes (Exercise Your Way to Health): Exercise Plans to Improve Your Life

by Paula Coates (Author), Thuvia Flannery (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

There are currently 2.6 million people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK. Around 90% of these people are suffering from Type II diabetes, with more than half a million people unaware they have the condition. Exercise your way to health: Type II Diabetes will show you how to manage your diabetes by helping you to gain a better understanding of your diagnosis and how it impacts on your body and health. Type II diabetes can develop into a serious condition, but with the right lifestyle choices and exercise there is no reason why it should stop you living a full and active life. Exercise your way to health will show you how to start a simple fitness programme, while considering the specific challenges raised by diabetes. You will start to see improvements within 6 weeks, when you can re-test your baseline fitness. This will be all the motivation you need to keep your new lifestyle on track to a happier and healthier you!

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 112
 Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 29 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 0713687207
ISBN 13: 9780713687200
Book Overview: Endorsed by leading diabetes organisation Diabetes UK, and content approved by a medical doctor. A full explanation of what the condition is and what it means to live with diabetes. Outlines what can happen if diabetes is not managed effectively and shows you how to manage your diabetes well. Diagnosis of diabetes climbed 74% between 1999 and 2003. By 2005 over 4% of the UK population were classified as having some form of diabetes. There are currently 2.3 million people diagnosed with diabetes and more than half a million people are unaware they have the condition. Simple and easy to follow exercise programmes give you a step-by-step guide to starting and returning to exercise. Specific exercises show you how to improve your mobility, core stability, balance and strength, and will help with the specific challenges faced by diabetics. By answering the MOT questionnaire you can assess your health and a few simple tests will show your current level of fitness.

Author Bio
Paula Coates is a chartered physiotherapist, back pain specialist and author of Running Repairs. She writes for a number of fitness magazines and is a clinical lecturer for the MSc in neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy at Kings College London. Paula is also a keen runner and has completed six marathons. Thuvia Flannery is a chartered physiotherapist and has worked in the NHS for 13 years. She has lectured internationally and has a special interest in the long term management of diabetes.