Books in the Practical Diabetes series

Diabetes mellitus is a common disorder where the body is no longer able to regulate blood glucose levels correctly owing to defects in insulin secretion or action. This book provides a review of the dietary management of diabetes looking at general topics, such as the metabolic principles of nutrition, as well as more specific topics.

This volume emphasises the clinical relevance of diabetic nephropathy, an important complication of diabetes, while providing a solid grounding in current basic and clinical research.

Psychosocial issues have long been acknowledged to have a crucial role in the successful treatment of people with diabetes. An understanding of these issues can enable health care professionals to assist their patients effectively.

Including information for parents of children with diabetes, this text offers solutions to the problems confronting children, young people and parents. Suggestions are also given for professionals developing packages of care, audit systems, standards and activities outside the diabetic clinics.

With cardiovascular disease becoming the most common cause of death in people with diabetes, interest in the assessment and treatment of heart disease in these patients has been reawakened. This book examines developing topics from a largely cardiological perspective, covering both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.

Dealing with all the aspects of diabetes in clinical practice, Diabetes in Clinical Practice: Questions and Answers from Case Studies offers a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to help healthcare professionals achieve their target of optimal management and treatment of their patients.

The book describes the physiological responses during exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes and discusses suitable nutritional strategies for these people. New chapters address the role of physical activity in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes, as well as how to combine insulin pump therapy and exercise.

Provides a comprehensive synopsis of the prevention and early diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. This book describes the gravity of the problem and the important issue of screening. It shows how prevention of the complications associated with diabetes involves more targeted interventions. It offers a global perspective as well as local solutions.

This book provides a scientific rationale on managing pregnancies complicated by diabetes and offers recommendations on which clinical practice can be based. It discusses all aspects of basic science and health care.

Type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity, is today the most common form of diabetes. It is also associated with a number of other cardiovascular risk factors which constitute the metabolic syndrome.