Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes: Therapeutic Effects and Mechanisms of Action

by John A. Hawley

Over the past 50 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of interrelated metabolic disease states, including obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In modern Western nations, the population-based prevalence of insulin resistance is approaching 20%, and type 2 diabetes is now the most common endocrine disorder in adults. No longer a disease reserved for the aging population, type 2 diabetes is also on the rise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736064796
• ISBN13: 9780736064798
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up