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The American Diabetes Association Vegetarian Cookbook: Satisfying,
Bold, and Flavorful Recipes from the Garden. Steven Petusevsky, $29.50
Motivated by his recent diagnosis of prediabetes, chef
Steven Petusevsky has created a cookbook aimed at those who are new to
vegetarianism and who want to lose weight and get their diabetes under control.
The easy-to-follow American Diabetes Association Vegetarian Cookbook acts as a
personal guide to a healthier lifestyle, from selecting flavorful seasonal
vegetables and building a pantry to preparing the most delicious and satisfying
vegetarian dishes inspired by global cuisine. New vegetarian cooks will soon be
pros at preparing such delightful dishes as Pan-Seared Spicy Asparagus with
Shiitake Mushrooms and Authentic Greek Salad. An array of four-ingredient
dishes are perfect for cooks with a busy schedule. With over 150 delicious,
healthy, and amazing recipes, readers will soon find that a vegetarian meal can
be satisfying, healthy, and diabetes-friendly. |
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Balancing
Pregnancy with Pre-Existing Diabetes. Cheryl Alkon, $25.50
Diabetes affects women of all life stages. If not managed properly, women with diabetes are more likely to encounter complications such as infertility and pregnancy loss, preeclampsia, birth defects, infections and other problems. Balancing Pregnancy with Pre-Existing Diabetes is a unique, patient-written guidebook that includes medical facts, first person reports, and interviews from women living with diabetes who share their pregnancy-related experiences. This practical guide for diabetic mothers-to-be will help you manage your diabetes and enjoy a healthy pregnancy and birth. |
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Can I Tell You about Diabetes (Type 1)? A Guide for
Friends, Family, and Professionals. Julie Edge, $15.95
Meet Debbie — a young girl with diabetes type 1. Debbie
invites readers to learn about this type of diabetes from her perspective,
describing how it feels to have high and low blood sugar levels. She explains
how she can monitor her blood sugar and controls it with medication. Debbie
also talks about the challenges of having diabetes and lets readers know how
she can be helped and supported. This illustrated book is ideal for young
people aged 7 upwards, as well as parents, friends, teachers and nurses. It is
also an excellent starting point for family and classroom discussions. |
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Diabetes — How to Help: Your Complete Guide to Caring for
a Loved One with Diabetes. Gary Scheiner & Diane Herbert, $25.95
Living with diabetes is complicated and challenging. In
addition to a multitude of daily tasks and decisions, managing diabetes
requires appropriate support from those surrounding the person with diabetes:
partners, family members, friends, co-workers, and caregivers. Most aspects of
diabetes care/treatment focus on the patient. There are dozens of books and
online resources designed specifically for the person with diabetes, but very
few that address the needs and interests of their support network. Diabetes — How to Help supports the practical and emotional needs of the caregiver
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Diabetes and Me: an Essential Guide for Kids and Parents.
Kim Chaloner, $17.00
Diabetes and Me: An Essential Guide for Kids and Parents gives kids the tools they need to take charge of their health and understand
what it means to be diagnosed with diabetes. this graphic guide walks four young
people through the basics of diabetes, both Type 1 and Type 2, revealing...
- The early signs of diabetes and how doctors can help
- What it means to have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
- What the pancreas is and how it works
- How to manage the ups and downs of blood sugar levels
- Strategies for diet and exercise
- How to explain diabetes to friends and family members
- And much more!
Illustrated by the award-winning artist Nick Bertozzi,
Diabetes and Me is an informative, empowering handbook for parents, teachers,
and kids looking to learn more about how to handle one of today's most common
conditions. |
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Diabetes:
the Ultimate Teen Guide. Katherine Moran, $14.95
This practical guide for teens with diabetes talks
about issues specific to teens ages 16 to 19. It includes multiple
no-nonsense tips that demonstrate how life with diabetes can be
lived to the fullest. By identifying strategies to help manage high
and low blood glucose and giving you ideas on how to get through
the everyday drudge without giving up on your diabetes management,
author Katherine Moran provides an essential source that is filled
with informative and engaging photographs and illustrations, historical
tidbits, and an index... Filled with informative and engaging photographs
and illustrations, historical tidbits, and an index, teens learn
more about what diabetes is, what effective treatment strategies
are, how to handle negative feelings, and how to stay healthy and
maintain an active life.
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Even Little Kids Get Diabetes. Connie White
Pirner, $9.99 (ages 3-6)
Easy language and simple explanations will help even very
young children understand what it means to have diabetes. They will find some
of their own experiences described and at the same time receive reassurance
that they are still “regular kids.” |
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Gestational Diabetes
DVD. InJoy Productions, $39.99 (22 minutes) Note:
InJoy DVDs are sold for Home Use Only; and for
sale only within Canada. All other users can contact Parentbooks
for more information
This program teaches pregnant women who
have gestational diabetes how to keep their blood glucose in a safe and healthy
range for the remainder of their pregnancy. It explains the condition, the risk
factors and covers healthy food choices, physical activity, medications and
more. |
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In Control: a Guide for Teens with Diabetes. Jean
Betschart & Susan Thom, $16.00 (ages 13+)
This helpful and highly readable guide explains
everything you need to know to get you through the teen years. Straightforward
and current, this one-of-a-kind book tackles the issues and answers the
questions you may face, including:
- Is it time for me to handle more of my diabetes care?
- What can I do about mood changes?
- What about junk food or fast food?
- When should I tell my boyfriend or girlfriend about my diabetes?
- Does diabetes affect my sexuality?
- How do I choose, talk to, and negotiate with my medical team?
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Medical
Management of Pregnancy Complicated Diabetes, 4th Edition. Edited
by Lois Jovanovič; American Diabetes Association, $57.95
Pregnancy complicated by diabetes is a medical challenge that
can be minimized through a program of expert protocols and patient
partnerships. This newly revised edition presents a complete package
of these protocols that can help produce healthy infants in pregnancies
complicated by type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Includes:
- Pre-pregnancy counselling
- Contraception
- Psychological impact of diabetes and pregnancy
- Glycemic control
- Nutritional management
- Use of insulin
- Diagnostic testing and fetal surveillance
- Gestational diabetes
- Neonatal care
- Postpartum follow-up
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100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Diabetes. Elizabeth Platt, Jerrold Olshan & Maryann
Waterman, $22.50
This reader-friendly guide is an
invaluable resource for learning how to manage the medical, emotional and
practical daily challenges of raising a child with Type 1 diabetes. |
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101
Tips for Raising Healthy Kids with Diabetes. Laura Hieronymus
& Patti Geil, $16.95
From toddlers to teens, 101 Tips for Raising Healthy Kids with
Diabetes offers tips and advice on medication, nutrition, psychological
considerations, special situations, and much more.
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Taking Diabetes to School. Kim Gosselin, $14.95
(ages 5-10)
When read aloud, other children can start to identify why
a peer with diabetes may be treated differently and begin to empathize with the
peer. In addition, children with diabetes or children who have conditions that
set them apart as being different begin to feel accepted and safe. Book
includes a Kid Quiz to reinforce new information and Ten Tips for Teachers to
provide additional facts and ideas for teacher use. |
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Teens with Diabetes: a Clinician's Guide. Michael
Harris, Korey Hood & Jill Weissberg-Benchell, $58.95
Written by three psychologists with more than 50 years of
collective experience in the field of diabetes and youth, Teens with
Diabetes provides evidence-based techniques for clinicians to treat the
psychological needs of children with diabetes and help them transition into
their teenage years.
Any professional working with diabetic teens, including
psychologists, physicians, social workers, dietitians, and nurse educators,
needs this how-to handbook for working with what is arguably one of the most
difficult populations in diabetes. Topics covered include handling the initial
diagnosis of diabetes in teens, talking with young people about diabetes in a
manner that is effective and reduces reactivity, improving diabetes self-care,
helping families negotiate the challenges of adolescent diabetes, dealing with
peer relations, dealing with high-risk issues related to diabetes, and handling
with mood problems. Teens with Diabetes provides evidence-based
techniques for clinicians to treat the psychological needs of children with
diabetes and help them transition into their teenage years. |
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The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual: a Complete Guide
to Type 1 Diabetes Across the Lifespan for People with Diabetes, Parents, and
Caregivers. Jamie Wood & Anne Peters, $27.50
The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual offers
practical, evidence-based and common sense help for people with type 1 diabetes
and their caregivers. For the close to 1.5 million people with type 1 diabetes
in the United States alone and their family and friends, this book will help
them understand the effects of type 1 diabetes, not just when diagnosed, but
throughout their lifespan. Dr. Jamie Wood and Dr. Anne Peters, two of the most
respected and sought-after endocrinologists, provide an easy-to-follow
narrative on all aspects of the disease. The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care
Manual will be the go-to reference for everyone touched by type 1 diabetes. |
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Type 1
Teens: a Guide to Managing Your Life with Diabetes. Korey Hood,
$19.95
Friends. School. Parents. Driving. Dating. Add type 1 diabetes, and your teenage life feels even more complicated. Too many competing priorities, not enough time, right? Type 1 Teens outlines straightforward strategies and tips to help you manage your diabetes before it manages you. Crack it open for simple-to-use tools and insider advice. Find practical and realistic self-help, all in this do-it-in-a-snap guide. Type 1 Teens gives you just want you need to own your diabetes, advocate for yourself, prevent diabetes burnout, and take back the control of your priorities.
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When a Child Has Diabetes, 4th Edition. Denis
Daneman, Shaun Barrett, Jennifer Harrigton & The Hospital for Sick
Children, $24.95 
Updated edition of one of the most highly respected
resources on juvenile diabetes, from the Diabetes Team at the world-renowned
Hospital for Sick Children. For the parents and caregivers of over 15,000
children diagnosed with diabetes every year, the key to successful diabetes
management is to learn as much as possible about juvenile diabetes. Armed with
this knowledge, they will be able to improve quality of life for both their
children and themselves.
This new edition offers the latest medical expertise,
based on current research and standards for diagnosis, and features an even
more user-friendly format, case studies, charts and Question and Answer
sections. A must-have for anyone caring for a child with diabetes, When a
Child Has Diabetes covers the causes of diabetes, current and evolving
treatments, blood glucose management, meal planning, associated conditions,
strategies for adjustment and much more. With its friendly, approachable style,
this comprehensive and supportive guide will help parents and children learn
the hands-on skills needed for at-home diabetes care so they can all live
happy, healthy lives. |
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When You’re a Parent with Diabetes: a Real-Life
Guide to Staying Healthy While Raising a Family. Kathryn
Gregorio Palmer, $16.00
From the psychological to the medical to the purely
practical, When You’re a Parent with Diabetes guides parents
with diabetes through the ups and downs of staying healthy while
raising a family … When You’re a Parent with Diabetes is
full of practical ideas, suggestions, and helpful advice on living
well with diabetes while preparing for, becoming, and being a parent.
A diabetic, mother of two, and diabetes educator, Kathryn Gregorio
Palmer blends her own experience with expert advice and tips from
other parents to create a compassionate and useful handbook unlike
anything currently on the shelves. |
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A Woman's Guide to Diabetes: a Path to Wellness. Brandy
Barnes & Natalie Strand, $27.95
Written by two successful and down-to-earth women living
with diabetes, A Woman's Guide to Diabetes offers frank discussions
about the unique issues that women with all types of diabetes face, both
personally and with family and friends. New topics are introduced and explored
through the personal journeys and experiences of Brandy Barnes and Natalie
Strand, who were both diagnosed with diabetes during their teenage years.
Topics include mental and physical wellness, the role of hormones at different
stages and events in a woman's life, sexuality, relationships, exercise and
athleticism, travel, and careers. A Woman's Guide to Diabetes offers an
open, honest, and complete resource to help women with diabetes understand
their unique experiences and opportunities. |
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Yoga For Diabetes: How to Manage Your Health with Yoga
and Ayurveda. Rachel Zinman, $40.50
According to the American Diabetes Association, there are over
30 million diabetics in the United States alone. A highly motivational and
personalized guide, Yoga for Diabetes will inspire readers to
incorporate yoga into their daily diabetes management plan. Complete with
questionnaire, inspiring photography, and art, readers are gently guided to
achieve better blood glucose levels, less stress, and radiant health and
well-being. No matter what type of diabetes you have, this book will be a
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Complete
Booklist
The American Diabetes Association Vegetarian Cookbook:
Satisfying, Bold, and Flavorful Recipes from the Garden. Steven Petusevsky,
$29.50
Balancing Pregnancy with Pre-Existing Diabetes. Cheryl
Alkon, $25.50
Diabetes - How to Help: Your Complete Guide to Caring for a
Loved One with Diabetes. Gary Scheiner & Diane Herbert, $25.95
Gestational Diabetes DVD. InJoy Productions, $39.99 (22
minutes) Note: InJoy DVDs are sold for Home Use Only; and for sale only within
Canada.
Medical Management of Pregnancy Complicated Diabetes, 4th
Edition. Edited by Lois Jovanovič; American Diabetes Association, $73.95
100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Diabetes.
Elizabeth Platt, Jerrold Olshan & Maryann Waterman, $21.95
101 Tips for Raising Healthy Kids with Diabetes. Laura
Hieronymus & Patti Geil, $16.95
Teens with Diabetes: a Clinician's Guide. Michael Harris,
Korey Hood & Jill Weissberg-Benchell, $58.95
The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual: a Complete Guide to
Type 1 Diabetes Across the Lifespan for People with Diabetes, Parents, and
Caregivers. Jamie Wood & Anne Peters, $27.50
When a Child Has Diabetes, 4th Edition. Denis
Daneman, Shaun Barrett, Jennifer Harrigton & The Hospital for Sick
Children, $24.95
When You’re a Parent with Diabetes: a Real-Life Guide to
Staying Healthy While Raising a Family. Kathryn Gregorio Palmer, $16.00
Woman's Guide to Diabetes: a Path to Wellness. Brandy Barnes
& Natalie Strand, $27.95
Yoga For Diabetes: How to Manage Your Health with Yoga and
Ayurveda. Rachel Zinman, $40.50
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Books for Kids and Teens
Can I Tell You about Diabetes (Type 1)? A Guide for Friends,
Family, and Professionals. Julie Edge, $15.95 (7+)
Diabetes and Me: an Essential Guide for Kids and Parents.
Kim Chaloner, $17.00
Diabetes: the Ultimate Teen Guide. Katherine Moran, $26.00
(13+)
Even Little Kids Get Diabetes. Connie White Pirner, $9.99
(ages 3-6)
In Control: a Guide for Teens with Diabetes. Jean Betschart
& Susan Thom, $16.00 (13+)
Taking Diabetes to School. Kim Gosselin, $14.95 (ages 5-10)
Type 1 Teens: a Guide to Managing Your Life with Diabetes.
Korey Hood, $19.95 (ages 13+)
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