“At Harvard and in medical centers around the world, we and many colleagues have conducted studies involving thousands of people who were at risk for developing diabetes or who had diabetes. That research has proved that changes in lifestyle – changes that everyone can make – have enormous power both to prevent and help treat diabetes,” says David M. Nathan, M.D., director, Diabetes Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.In Beating Diabetes: The First Complete Program Clinically Proven to Dramatically Improve Your Glucose Tolerance (McGraw-Hill; May 2005; Hardcover: $24.95), David Nathan, M.D., teams up with fellow Harvard Medical School expert Linda Delahanty, M.S., R.D., to arm people with type 2 diabetes and those at high risk for developing diabetes with a complete, clinically proven program. Both have spent their careers developing, studying and teaching the lifestyle changes that they discuss in the book. All of their recommendations are based on scientific evidence and practical experience, and can improve anyone’s prospects for long-term health.
The major goals of this book are to provide readers with a practical understanding of how today's typical lifestyle has led to major health problems, including diabetes, and to give them strategies that have been proven in clinical studies to improve health for people with diabetes or at risk for it. The authors discuss the complex interactions between lifestyle and diabetes, and the adjustments of lifestyle and medical treatments that are recommended for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes to help normalize blood sugars and maximize health and quality of life.
Dr. Nathan was one of the lead researchers on the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The DPP scientifically proved that the right nutrition and exercise program can prevent diabetes in people on the brink of the disease. Other studies have shown major benefits of life-style change in those who already have diabetes. Ms. Delahanty is a leading diabetes nutrition expert who helped design and implement the lifestyle intervention for both the DPP and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial. The book presents a culmination of Dr. Nathan’s and Ms. Delahanty’s findings in the numerous research programs and studies they have participated in.
The authors offer:
· Step-by-step, proven techniques to help readers make real and lasting lifestyle changes by eating better and exercising regularly, without becoming health nuts or spending hours in the gym
· Guidelines for developing diabetes-busting exercise routines appropriate for all ages and fitness levels
· Help in identifying unhealthy, diabetes-promoting behaviors along with expert guidance on making crucial lifestyle changes and sticking with them
· Tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes and daily meal plans.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
David M. Nathan, M.D., is the director of the Diabetes Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. An internationally recognized expert on diabetes and its complications, he pioneered the development of intensive therapies for diabetes. He has been an active participant in epidemiologic studies of diabetes, including the Framingham Heart and the Nurses Health studies. Dr. Nathan was one of the lead researchers on the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Control and Complication Trial, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. His major research focus is the study and development of new methods to normalize glucose metabolism in diabetes and the long-term consequences of such therapy. Dr. Nathan has appeared on CBS Evening News, and NewsHour on PBS as well as on the CBC and the BBC. He has been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and USA Today. Dr. Nathan received the Outstanding Clinician Award from the American Diabetes Association in 2002.
Linda M. Delahanty, M.S., R.D., LDN, is the director of nutrition and behavioral research and chief dietitian at Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center and an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She has been a registered dietitian and lifestyle coach specializing in medical nutrition therapy for more than 20 years. Ms. Delahanty is a nationally recognized, widely quoted expert in nutrition and diabetes who has counseled thousands of people with diabetes. She has been awarded grants from the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetes Association to conduct research on improved diabetes control and related topics. Ms. Delahanty received the Huddleson Award for the most important article published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association in 2002 and the 2004 Publications Award in recognition of her role in promoting the effectiveness of diabetes medical nutrition therapy. She is also the co-author of 101 Weight Loss Tips for Preventing and Controlling Diabetes.
ABOUT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Harvard Medical School has more than 5,000 full-time faculty working in eight academic departments
based at the School's Boston quadrangle or in one of 47 academic departments at 18 Harvard teaching
hospitals and research institutes. Those Harvard hospitals and research institutions include Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, The CBR
Institute for Biomedical Research, Children's Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Forsyth
Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Center,
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Mental Health
Center, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital, VA Boston Healthcare System. http://hms.harvard.edu/
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