12190 - Living Well with Diabetes Workbook (Spanish)

The overall emphasis of Living Well with Diabetes is on educating the patient on their disease and self-care goals. Now with a new modern look featuring full-color photography, this comprehensive, user-friendly workbook is ideal for individuals or for use in adult diabetes self-management education classes. Quick-scan information, notes to family and friends, and interactive elements, such as trackers for blood sugar, health measures and medication, make this a meaningful ongoing reference resource. Topics include:

• Understanding diabetes and why high blood sugar is a health risk
• Working with the health care team to develop your treatment plan
• Nutrition, creating a meal plan
• New emphasis on smoking cessation, including factors for cardiovascular risk (high blood pressure and cholesterol)
• Getting active, overcoming roadblocks
• Monitoring blood glucose, treating high and low blood sugar
• Medications to manage blood sugar and related conditions; expanded medication compliance and safety tips.
• Preventing, detecting complications
• Goal setting to promote overall health
• Adjusting to life with diabetes, tips for coping and problem
• Your diabetes toolkit: interactive charts and logs to manage diabetes and other risk factors
• 64-page workbook, full-color photography and anatomical artwork