Case Study: 'Diabetes Fits' Sports and Education Camps: Putting Research Into Action
| Autor: | Katherine E. Iscoe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Insulin medicine.medical_treatment Physical exercise Hypoglycemia medicine.disease Action (philosophy) Diabetes management Diabetes mellitus Health care Internal Medicine Physical therapy medicine business Glycemic |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Diabetes. 28:124-126 |
| ISSN: | 1945-4953 0891-8929 |
| DOI: | 10.2337/diaclin.28.3.124 |
| Popis: | Participation in regular physical exercise is an important component of diabetes management because it can help to delay many long-term diabetes-related complications.1 Paradoxically, exercise is also associated with short-term complications that include unpredictable changes to blood glucose and increases in the risk of hypoglycemia. Beyond their own experience, there are very few ways for individuals with diabetes to learn how exercise influences their blood glucose levels or preventive techniques to minimize the risk of exercise-related hypo- and hyperglycemia. Health care providers can most often only recommend a trial-and-error approach because of the variability among patients in blood glucose responses to exercise. For this reason, a sports and education camp called Diabetes Fits has been developed to provide a practical way for individuals with diabetes, their families, and even health care providers to learn how to improve glycemic control based on current diabetes- and exercise-related research in an enjoyable atmosphere. Diabetes Fits programs focus on three primary elements. First, they teach participants how diabetes can influence normal physiological functioning and thus blood glucose control during exercise. Indeed, such knowledge is key to empowering individuals with diabetes to better control their blood glucose. If patients understand the physiological reasons why their blood glucose may change as a result of specific types or intensity levels of exercise, they may be better able to prevent such changes and reduce harmful glucose fluctuations. Second, the program teaches insulin and carbohydrate-related strategies (and their … |
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