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Paperback
ISBN: 0-8027-7666-3
Price: $12.00
176 pages
Size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2
April 2003
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TYPE 2
A Book of Support for Type 2 Diabetics
Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Untitled Document
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estimated 16 million Americans (more than 7 percent of the population)
suffer from Type 2 diabetes—a shocking increase of 49 percent since
1990. Of all the major diseases, diabetes is the ultimate self-help condition,
for diet and exercise are the keys to combating it. However, Type 2 is
also an inordinately lonely and confusing disease. It’s hard not
to feel isolated when so many social events center around food and drink
that may be off-limits to diabetics. And because there’s no one-size-fits-all
diet, because symptoms are often hidden, and because the impact of uncontrolled
diabetes is usually years away, diabetics can feel adrift as they search
for answers. Even maintaining an exercise routine may be impeded by depression,
which often accompanies the disease.
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Ninety-five percent of all diabetics have Type 2 diabetes, and
most of them were diagnosed as adults.
• Between 1999 and 2000, an additional 1 million Americans
were diagnosed as Type 2 diabetics.
• Twenty percent of Americans aged sixty or over have Type
2 diabetes.
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Diabetes is even more challenging on an emotional level because diabetics
have few support groups to turn to. Standing out among hundreds of books
on diabetes, Type 2 will help fill that gap.
Medical writer Miryam Ehrlich Williamson has interviewed Type 2 diabetics
across North America who share their stories of struggle and success,
from healthy eating at parties to
handling feelings of anger and hopelessness to reducing anxiety and pain
during blood glucose testing. Type 2 diabetics will see themselves in
this inspiring print version of a support group, and the experiences and
advice of fellow diabetics will motivate and guide them to control their
disease and stay actively involved in life. |
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