Diabetes Issues
New Book Promotes 8-Week Plan to Controlling Diabetes
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Jun 21, 2008 - 2:53:30 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Alexandria, VA. Today, type 2 diabetes is growing at a rate far beyond experts’ predictions—over 20 million people in the U.S., or 1 out of every 14 people, have the disease. Even with the best guidance, trying to deal with every aspect of diabetes at once can be overwhelming. To break it down into reasonable steps and put people on the path to better health with diabetes, the American Diabetes Association has published its groundbreaking 8 Weeks to Maximizing Diabetes Control by Laura Hieronymus, MSEd, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE and Christine Tobin, RN, MBA, CDE.

8 Weeks to Maximizing Diabetes Control helps people keep blood glucose in a healthy range while learning life-long behaviors that will help them manage diabetes. Prevention is the key to staying healthy with diabetes. This new book gives readers the optimal tool to keep diabetes on track and live life to its fullest.

8 Weeks to Maximizing Diabetes Control teaches people a step-by-step approach to staying healthy with diabetes. The book covers a variety of topics including healthy eating, becoming and staying active, monitoring diabetes, taking medications, coping with diabetes, risk reduction and more. In an easy-to-understand format, each chapter begins with a topical discussion and then provides an 8-week plan for achieving a healthier life. Readers can work through each area individually or try changing several behaviors at once to decrease diabetes risks and complications.

8 Weeks to Maximizing Diabetes Control (ISBN # 978-1-58040-279-8, $16.95, 173 pages) is available at http://store.diabetes.org, at bookstores nationwide or by calling 1-800-ADA-ORDER. In a step-by-step format, the book is designed to help people improve their blood sugars to stay healthy with diabetes and live their lives to the fullest.

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