1. Physiological responses to exercise / Clyde Williams -- 2. Exercise in type 1 diabetes / Jean-Jacques Grimm -- 3. Diet and nutritional strategies during sport and exercise in type 1 diabetes / Elaine Hibbert-Jones and Gill Regan -- 4. The role of physical activity in the prevention of type 2 diabetes / Dinesh Nagi -- 5. Exercise, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes / Dinesh Nagi -- 6. The role of exercise in the management of type 2 diabetes / Dinesh Nagi -- 7. Exercise in children and adolescents / Diarmuid Smith, Alan Connacher, Ray Newton and Chris Thompson -- 8. Insulin pump therapy and exercise / Peter Hammond and Sandra Dudley -- 9. Diabetes and the marathon / Bill Burr -- 10. Diabetes and specific sports / Mark Sherlock and Chris Thompson -- 11. Becoming and staying physically active / Elizabeth Marsden and Alison Kirk -- 12. The role of the diabetes team in promoting physical activity / Dinesh Nagi and Bill Burr