Diabetes and Exercise

Jane E. B. Reusch, MDProfessor of Medicine, Biochemistry and BioengineeringUniversity of Colorado and Denver VAMC Aurora and Denver, CO, USAJudith G. Regensteiner, PhD, MA, BAProfessor of MedicineUniversity of Colorado Denver, CO, USAKerry J. Stewart, Ed.D., FAHA, MAACVPR, FACSM Professor of MedicineDirector, Clinical and Research Exercise Physiology Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MD, USA Aristidis Veves, MD, DScRongxiang Xu, MD, Professor of SurgeryHarvard Medical SchoolBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA, USA

Part I: Epidemiology and Prevention.- State of Fitness: Overview of the Clinical Consequences of Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness.- Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes.- The Metabolic Syndrome.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Type 2 Diabetes.- Part II: Physiological Effects of Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes.- Exercise Performance in Youth with Diabetes.- Exercise Performance Impairments and Benefits of Exercise Training in Diabetes.- Sex Differences in Exercise Performance and Exercise Training Among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes .- Mitochondria in Muscle and Exercise.- Vascular Dysfunction, Inflammation, and Exercise in Diabetes.- Exercise, Adiposity, and Regional Fat Distribution.- Exercise, Blood Flow and the Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation in Diabetes Mellitus.- Part III: Management and Treatment.- Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) Study: Lessons Learned.- Exercise and NutritionalConcerns.- Behavior Change Strategies for Increasing Exercise and Decreasing Sedentary Behaviors in Diabetes.- Exercise and Quality of Life.- Guidelines for Medical Evaluation and Exercise Testing in Persons with Diabetes Starting an Exercise Program.- Part IV: Special Considerations for Exercise in People with Diabetes.- Conditions that May Interfere with Exercise.- Diabetes Mellitus and Exercise Physiology in the Presence of Diabetic Co-morbidities.- Type 1 Diabetes and Exercise.- Exercise Programs to Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Fall Risk in Diabetic Patients with Lower Extremity Disease.- Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.- Peripheral Artery Disease and Exercise in Patients with Diabetes.