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Empowering you to understand and manage diabetes for a healthier life.

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    216 pages

  • Release Date

    19 September 2008

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Summary

There are over 2 million people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK and worldwide 194 million. An epidemic of diabetes is reported and by 2025 it is predicted that there will be 330 million people with diabetes in the world. Diabetes is likely to present one of this century’s greatest medical challenges. However, the impact of diabetes on the individual and their carers is equally important.

This book provides an easy to understand guide to diabetes and is aimed at all those living with…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199232666
ISBN-10:0199232660
Author:David Matthews, Niki Meston, Pam Dyson, Jenny Shaw, Laurie King, Aparna Pal
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:216
Edition:1st
Release Date:19 September 2008
Weight:237g
Dimensions:11mm x 130mm x 196mm
Series:The Facts
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Diabetes, 1st Edition by David Matthews - ISBN: 9780199232666
130 × 196 mm
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About The Author

David Matthews

Professor David Matthews

Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Oxford, Consultant Physician for the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS trust, and Chairman of the Oxford Centre of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is also a Medical Tutor at Harris Manchester College, Oxford. His time is divided between patient care, research, and teaching. He has authored more than 200 publications and is on the editorial boards of several professional journals.

Sue Beatty

Diabetes research nurse, OCDEM. Sue Beatty is a clinical research nurse based at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism. She has worked in diabetes research for six years and has been involved in a wide range of research studies, with a particular interest in islet transplantation.

Pam Dyson

Research dietician, University of Oxford. Pam Dyson has over 25 years of experience in the nutritional management of diabetes and obesity. She began her career with the Medical Research Council at the Dunn Nutrition Unit in Cambridge. Since then, she has worked as a community dietitian, a diabetes specialist dietitian for both inpatient and outpatient services, and has been closely involved with clinical research. Since 2003, she has been employed by Oxford University as a diabetes research dietitian, participating in both external projects (typically multi-centre diabetes trials) and in-house projects (currently focused on various educational programmes and dietary intervention trials for weight loss). Her expanded role includes undertaking a PhD study at Oxford Brookes University evaluating dietary education for people with Type 2 diabetes. Her primary interests lie in the delivery of diabetes dietary education, the behavioural aspects of lifestyle change, and weight management.

Laurie King

Podiatrist, OCDEM

Dr Nikki Meston

Clinical Research Fellow, OCDEM. Niki Meston trained in medicine at Southampton University and then specialized in Chemical Pathology, focusing on the interpretation of changes in blood chemicals and various aspects of metabolism. She subsequently worked in endocrinology (hormones), metabolic bone disease, and diabetes outpatient clinics, as well as interpreting blood investigations in the laboratory and teaching biochemistry to medical students.

Dr Apana Pal

Specialist Registrar in Diabetes, Endocrinology and GIM. Apana Pal completed her undergraduate medical training at Oxford University Medical School and has spent most of her career since qualification working in clinical medicine in Oxford. She is currently in her fourth year of specialist training in diabetes and endocrinology.

Jenny Shaw

Diabetes research nurse, OCDEM. Jenny Shaw has many years of experience working with people with diabetes, previously as a diabetes specialist nurse and currently as a diabetes research nurse. In recent years, she has been involved in studies concerning the development of new treatments for people with type 2 diabetes.

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