Exercise and Diabetes

A Clinician's Guide to Prescribing Physical Activity

A must-have professional guide for health care and fitness professionals alike--by the most respected source of diabetes information in the world, the American Diabetes Association!

Filled with case studies, this book covers the gamut from young to old, aerobic to resistance training, type 1 to type 2 diabetes, gestational to pregnancy with pre-existing diabetes, macrovascular to microvascular complications, and much more. It covers the recommended physical activities that can and should be prescribed to all individuals with any type of diabetes, along with precautions related to medication use and diabetes-related health complications that illuminate the benefits and challenges of prescribing physical activity