| Description |
xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Basics: Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, and Why They Are On the Rise -- Blood Sugar and Insulin: The Basics -- Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes -- Type 2 Diabetes: The 20th and 21st Century Epidemic -- Metabolic Syndrome: Diabetes Plus -- Why Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Matter -- Why Is Type 2 Diabetes Becoming More Common? -- How Our Lifestyle Has Made Us Vulnerable to Diabetes -- Lifestyle and Type 2 Diabetes -- Chapter 2: Why We Gain Weight: The Arithmetic of Obesity -- How do we turn food into fuel? -- How do we use the fuel from food? -- When energy "in" exceeds energy "out" -- Weight gain myths -- Why weight is important to diabetes prevention and treatment -- Chapter 3: Proof that Lifestyle Matters: The Diabetes Prevention Program -- Observational Studies: The First Scientific Studies of Nutrition and Exercise -- Why Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trials Are So Important -- The Diabetes Prevention Program -- Medication to Prevent Diabetes -- Chapter 4: How To Get Ready To Change Your Life-Style -- What does it mean to "be ready"? -- How can you gauge readiness to change? -- Chapter 5: Preparing Your Environment for Change and Success -- Food choices and portion size -- Emotional eating -- Changing Your Self-talk -- Ditching old habits -- Are you hungry? -- Chapter 6: Setting Weight, Activity and Nutrition Goals and Tracking Your Progress -- Setting weight loss goals: How much? -- Setting weight loss goals: How fast? -- Moving more: Activity goals -- Eating well: Nutrition goals -- Self-monitoring: Recording your weight loss progress -- Self-monitoring: Recording your food intake -- Chapter 7: Solving Problems -- Chapter 8: Maintaining Your New Life-Style -- Follow-Up -- Developing an Accountability Plan -- Building a Positive Support System -- Recovering from a lapse -- Steps In Preventing a Relapse -- Knowing your high-risk situations -- High-Risk Situations -- Ending the "Diet Mentality" -- Chapter 9: Popular Weight Loss Programs: Do They Work? -- Basic Rules -- Very-low-fat diets -- Low-Carbohydrate Diets -- "Healthy fats" and "Unhealthy fats" -- The "Right Food Combination" Diets -- What does the research tell us about the relative effectiveness of these popular diets? -- What About A Weight Loss Pill? -- What About Weight Loss Surgery? -- Summing Up -- Putting It All Together -- Chapter 10: How to Change Your Eating Behavior: Stories of People Who Have -- The DPP Lifestyle Program -- The 16-Session Diabetes Prevention Program -- How Study Participants Did It: Two Stories -- Fat and Calorie Goals -- Meal Replacements -- Tips for Avoiding "Dieting" Pitfalls: Helen's Advice -- What Has Happened to the DPP Participants? -- Chapter 11: Activity and Exercise: Move, Move, Move -- Fad Exercise Programs [A head] -- Activity vs. Exercise -- Exercise -- Do's and Don'ts of Activity and Exercise -- Chapter 12: Applying Life-style Changes to Treat Diabetes -- Type 1 diabetes -- Life-Style Changes to Treat Type 2 Diabetes and Associated Diseases -- Life-Style Treatments for Hypertension -- Life-Style Treatments for High Cholesterol and Other Blood Fats -- Chapter 13: Conclusions -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Explaining Scientific Studies of Nutrition and Weight Loss -- Appendix 2: Lower Calorie, Lower Fat Cookbook Suggestions -- Appendix 3: Sample Shopping List -- Appendix 4: Sample Meal Plans for 1200, 1500, 1800 and 2000 Calories -- Appendix 5: Healthy Snack Choices and Ideas -- Appendix 6: Nutritious Recipes -- Appetizers -- Soups -- Salads -- Side dishes -- Main dishes -- Desserts -- Snacks |
| Notes |
"Lower-calorie, lower-fat cookbook suggestions": p. 211-212 |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index |
| Subject |
Diabetes -- Treatment.
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Diabetes.
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Diabetes -- Popular works.
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| Author |
Delahanty, Linda M. (Linda Michele), 1957-
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| LC no. |
2005000997 |
| ISBN |
0071473688 paperback |
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0071438319 |
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