The Diabetes Handbook: Understand and Manage Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

If you or a loved one is living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes you need this friendly guide to managing health diet physical activity and treatment. This book is packed with simple easy-to-understand explanations of how diabetes works and practical positive advice for preventing or living with it. Illustrated in full colour throughout it includes step-by-step illustrated sequences flowcharts and diagrams. Routines such as how to monitor and control blood glucose are explained in the clearest possible way. Find out how the types of diabetes differ what signs to look out for how to care for children with diabetes how to reduce the risk of long-term complications what to do in emergencies and how to stay motivated and positive. The Diabetes Handbook will help you make successful lifestyle choices to promote health be active eat healthily and thrive not just survive. About the Author Rosemary Walker worked for many years as a diabetes specialist nurse and has been at the forefront of national initiatives to improve diabetes care. Her philosophy is to acknowledge peoples ability to make their own decisions about what is right for them. In 2002 she founded In Balance Healthcare UK with fellow diabetes nurse Jill Rodgers to provide training for people with diabetes and for health professionals to make diabetes services more effective. Rosemarys present company Successful Diabetes provides information workshops and resources for living and working with diabetes. She is an established writer of books articles and comment about diabetes including the bookDiabetes: A practical guide to managing your health (DK 2004) with Jill Rodgers.