The Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes: Authentic Advice on Everything from Eating to Dating and Motherhood - Couverture souple

Mercer, Amy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1936303132 ISBN 13 : 9781936303137

Editeur : Demos Medical Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Of the 17 million Americans who have diabetes, approximately 9.3 of that number are women. And it appears that number of women with diabetes is increasing each year. Diabetes is particularly difficult for women in large part due to the hormonal changes associated with the menstrual, changes that affect blood sugar levels. As a consequence women with diabetes have higher rates of cheat pain, heart attack, coronary heart disease and stroke. And women with diabetes face special challenges. "The Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes" provides advice, tips, and research from a diverse community of women living with diabetes. It provides practical insight and references for the optimal management of diabetes from women living with the disease as well as doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and educators. Personal anecdotes from nearly one hundred women throughout the book reveal both the good and the bad of living with diabetes, including the frustration, sense of shame, sense of isolation as well as the capacity for strength and the opportunity for growth. "The Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes" lets you know that you are not alone but rather it will make you feel like you are sitting in your favorite coffee shop with your friends who share the same disease. Special features of "Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes" include: personal anecdotes on a wide variety of topics are in every chapter; authentic advice from women living with diabetes; expert tips from female endocrinologists, educators, and nutritionists who are also living with diabetes; comprehensive in scope this books examines all the challenges and issues women with diabetes face; research and statistics are provided for each topic.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Amy Stockwell Mercer is a freelance writer in Charleston, SC. She graduated with her MFA in nonfiction writing from Queens University in Charlotte, NC. Her writing has appeared in Charleston Magazine, skirt! Magazine, Literary Mama, Cup of Comfort For Writers, Chicken Soup for the Power Mom's Soul, Art Magazine, The City Paper, Charleston Style and Design, Diabetes Health, and Diabetes Forecast. Amy is the Blog Editor and Chronic Mama Columnist for Literary Mama, and blogs about living with diabetes at Dreaming About Water Amy has lived with type 1 Diabetes for 25 years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Demos Medical Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1936303132
• ISBN 13: 9781936303137
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible