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Diabesity
The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America--And What We Must Do to Stop It
Francine R. Kaufman, M.D.
15 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $108
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $98
"Download on demand" available
The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America--And What We Must Do to Stop It
Francine R. Kaufman, M.D.
15 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $108
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $98
"Download on demand" available
Description
Experts now predict that more than one-third of American children born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime.
Written by one of the world' leading authorities on the link between obesity and diabetes, this passionate, frightening-but ultimately hopeful-book points the way to solutions. To enter Dr. Francine Kaufman's clinic is to see the future of America: a 220-pound twelve-year-old boy…a 267-pound thirteen-year-old girl..their concerned but equally overweight parents…the human faces and human suffering behind the epidemic of type 2 diabetes that threatens to overwhelm our health care system.
Once a disease of the elderly, type 2 diabetes now strikes adults in their prime and, increasingly, children. It has nearly doubled in the 1st decade. The cause? Our soaring rates of obesity. Diabesity takes us to the front lines of the fight against this preventable but deadly disease.
Through vivid patients stories, it explains how excess weight destroys the body's ability to process sugar properly-with life-threatening consequences. It shows what happens when the genes that evolved to protect us from famine collide with a sedentary lifestyle that has put bacon cheeseburgers on every corner. And it demonstrates why our usual blame-the-victim response is futile in the face of the complex, worldwide forces behind this epidemic.
Detailing the tools to change at every level-from families to school systems to government-and reporting on innovative programs that are already making a difference, Diabesity offers a compelling action plan for winning this battle.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0553383795
ISBN-13: 9780553383799
Format: Paperback, 336pp
Publisher: Bantam Books
Edition Description: Reprint
Pub date: 2006
Content
Part I: The Devil Is Diabetes
Chapter1. A Tale of Two Children
Chapter 2. Diabetes Descends on My Grandma Sadie
Chapter 3. The March to Type 2 Diabetes
Chapter 4. The Blood Sugar Balancing Act
Chapter 5. A Life-Altering Diagnosis
Chapter 6. Running on Empty
Chapter 7. The Long Haul Part 2: The Evolution of Our Destruction
Chapter 8. Designed for Feast or Famine
Chapter 9. The Land of Plenty
Chapter 10. Diabesity Around the World
Part 3: Engines of Change
Chapter 11. The New Normal
Chapter 12. Who's Responsible?
Chapter 13. Reading, Writing, and Diabesity
Chapter 14. Nine to Five
Chapter 15. The Healthcare Challenge
Epilogue: A Choice of Futures Resources Notes Acknowledgments Index
Book author
Francine R. Kaufman, M.D., is a past president of the American Diabetes Association; head, Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Children's Hospital Los Angeles; and professor of pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. The author of more than 150 medical articles she is also a tireless public advocate who was instrumental in banning the sale of soda in the L.A. Unified School District. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and is the mother of two sons.
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4000 Wellness and public health
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence
4040 Disease prevention
5070 Pediatrics
5080 Adolescents
5190 Diabetes mellitus
5370 Obesity, weight management
Experts now predict that more than one-third of American children born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime.
Written by one of the world' leading authorities on the link between obesity and diabetes, this passionate, frightening-but ultimately hopeful-book points the way to solutions. To enter Dr. Francine Kaufman's clinic is to see the future of America: a 220-pound twelve-year-old boy…a 267-pound thirteen-year-old girl..their concerned but equally overweight parents…the human faces and human suffering behind the epidemic of type 2 diabetes that threatens to overwhelm our health care system.
Once a disease of the elderly, type 2 diabetes now strikes adults in their prime and, increasingly, children. It has nearly doubled in the 1st decade. The cause? Our soaring rates of obesity. Diabesity takes us to the front lines of the fight against this preventable but deadly disease.
Through vivid patients stories, it explains how excess weight destroys the body's ability to process sugar properly-with life-threatening consequences. It shows what happens when the genes that evolved to protect us from famine collide with a sedentary lifestyle that has put bacon cheeseburgers on every corner. And it demonstrates why our usual blame-the-victim response is futile in the face of the complex, worldwide forces behind this epidemic.
Detailing the tools to change at every level-from families to school systems to government-and reporting on innovative programs that are already making a difference, Diabesity offers a compelling action plan for winning this battle.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0553383795
ISBN-13: 9780553383799
Format: Paperback, 336pp
Publisher: Bantam Books
Edition Description: Reprint
Pub date: 2006
Content
Part I: The Devil Is Diabetes
Chapter1. A Tale of Two Children
Chapter 2. Diabetes Descends on My Grandma Sadie
Chapter 3. The March to Type 2 Diabetes
Chapter 4. The Blood Sugar Balancing Act
Chapter 5. A Life-Altering Diagnosis
Chapter 6. Running on Empty
Chapter 7. The Long Haul Part 2: The Evolution of Our Destruction
Chapter 8. Designed for Feast or Famine
Chapter 9. The Land of Plenty
Chapter 10. Diabesity Around the World
Part 3: Engines of Change
Chapter 11. The New Normal
Chapter 12. Who's Responsible?
Chapter 13. Reading, Writing, and Diabesity
Chapter 14. Nine to Five
Chapter 15. The Healthcare Challenge
Epilogue: A Choice of Futures Resources Notes Acknowledgments Index
Book author
Francine R. Kaufman, M.D., is a past president of the American Diabetes Association; head, Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Children's Hospital Los Angeles; and professor of pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. The author of more than 150 medical articles she is also a tireless public advocate who was instrumental in banning the sale of soda in the L.A. Unified School District. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and is the mother of two sons.
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4000 Wellness and public health
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence
4040 Disease prevention
5070 Pediatrics
5080 Adolescents
5190 Diabetes mellitus
5370 Obesity, weight management
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