Description
From scientific explanations of the affects of diabetes on the human body to monitoring, maintaining, exercising and eating right, The Handy Diabetes Answer Book provides detailed information on the research and science on the disease as well as coping with the burden.This useful resource shows how and why the disease affects the body, and provides glimpses of historical and contemporary figures with diabetes. It demonstrates how to cope with - and live well - through food, exercise and life style choices.
About the Author
Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist who has written extensively about the natural world. His books, with Patricia Barnes-Svarney, include Visible Ink Press' The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Biology Answer Book, and The Handy Nutrition Answer Book, and he is also the author of Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness around the World and The Oryx Guide to Natural History.
Reviews
"For the person on your list who has questions about a health issue, "The Handy Diabetes Answer Book" by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney is a good book to give. Here are the answers to common questions, affects and ways to cope with diabetes. Wrap it up or give it to yourself as a gift." - Bookworm Sez
"... easy to use and informative ... will help readers to understand diabetes and ... finding ways to help those with the disease, or at least ways to slow down the progression of diabetes. Readers will walk away knowing there are people who care, who can help, and who are truly trying to understand this disease." - SirReadALot.org
"... definitions; history and research; statistics; who gets diabetes; type 1, type 2, prediabetes, and other types of diabetes; connections to other conditions; effects on the senses and various body systems; obesity; coping; monitoring; exercise; nutrition, food, and shopping for food and eating out; and the future of diabetes." - Protoview Book News
Book Information
ISBN 9781578595976
Author Patricia E. Barnes-Svarney
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Visible Ink Press
Publisher Visible Ink Press
About the Author
Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist who has written extensively about the natural world. His books, with Patricia Barnes-Svarney, include Visible Ink Press' The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Biology Answer Book, and The Handy Nutrition Answer Book, and he is also the author of Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness around the World and The Oryx Guide to Natural History.
Reviews
"For the person on your list who has questions about a health issue, "The Handy Diabetes Answer Book" by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney is a good book to give. Here are the answers to common questions, affects and ways to cope with diabetes. Wrap it up or give it to yourself as a gift." - Bookworm Sez
"... easy to use and informative ... will help readers to understand diabetes and ... finding ways to help those with the disease, or at least ways to slow down the progression of diabetes. Readers will walk away knowing there are people who care, who can help, and who are truly trying to understand this disease." - SirReadALot.org
"... definitions; history and research; statistics; who gets diabetes; type 1, type 2, prediabetes, and other types of diabetes; connections to other conditions; effects on the senses and various body systems; obesity; coping; monitoring; exercise; nutrition, food, and shopping for food and eating out; and the future of diabetes." - Protoview Book News
Book Information
ISBN 9781578595976
Author Patricia E. Barnes-Svarney
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Visible Ink Press
Publisher Visible Ink Press
