Understanding Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes is the world’s modern pandemic. But it needn’t mean a world of frustration, restrictions and complications. Most people with diabetes are able to live full, free and healthy lives. It just takes clear understanding and good management. In Understanding Type 2 Diabetes, Professor Merlin Thomas of the renowned Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute clearly explains: ·What diabetes is and how it comes about. ·What is the right diet for someone with diabetes, and how to achieve it.\ ·How exercise can improve and maintain your health. ·The medical aspects of diabetes care, including the best ways to control your waistline, blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. ·How to prevent and treat the major complications of diabetes.Having diabetes is not easy. But its management needn’t be complex or complicated. With Understanding Type 2 Diabetes to guide you, you’ll soon realise that successfully managing diabetes is not only feasible but is also essential.

Merlin Thomas MBChB, PhD, FRACP is Professor of Medicine at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Professor Thomas is both a physician and a research scientist. His research primarily focuses on diabetes and its complications, and finding practical means for their control, but he has a broader interest in all aspects of preventive medicine and ageing. He has published over 300 articles in many of the world’s leading medical journals, as well as several books including 'Understanding Type 2 Diabetes' and 'Fast Living, Slow Ageing'. He is internationally recognized as a speaker, opinion-leader, teacher and medical storyteller.