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Physical activity and type 2 diabetes : therapeutic effects and mechanisms of action
- Title
- Physical activity and type 2 diabetes : therapeutic effects and mechanisms of action / John A. Hawley, Juleen R. Zierath, editors.
- Publication
- Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2008], ©2008.
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- Description
- xii, 218 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- "Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes provides cutting-edge research to energize current efforts in diabetes prevention, management, and treatment. The text is a series of independent but related chapters authored by the foremost researchers of insulin resistance."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Aetiology of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence and Consequences of the "Diabesity" Epidemic -- Ch. 1. The Increasing Burden of Type 2 Diabetes: Magnitude, Causes, and Implications of the Epidemic / Edward W. Gregg and Andrea K. Kriska -- Ch. 2. Waging War on Type 2 Diabetes: Primary Prevention Through Exercise Biology / Frank W. Booth, Manu V. Chakravarthy and Matthew J. Laye -- Pt. II. Defects in Metabolism and Insulin Resistance -- Ch. 3. Fatty Acid Uptake and Insulin Resistance / Arend Bonen, Adrian Chabowski, Jan F. C. Glatz and Joost J. F. P. Luiken -- Ch. 4. Lipid Metabolism and Insulin Signaling / Jason R. Berggren, Leslie A. Consitt and Joseph A. Houmard -- Ch. 5. Metabolic Inflexibility and Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle / Bret H. Goodpaster and David E. Kelley -- Ch. 6. Nutrient Sensing links Obesity With Diabetes Risk / Sarah Crunkhorn and Mary Elizabeth Patti -- Ch. 7. Inflammation-Induced Insulin Resistance in Obesity: When Immunity Affects Metabolic Control / Phlllip James White and Andre Marette -- Pt. III. Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Through Exercise Training -- Ch. 8. Transcription Factors Regulating Exercise Adaptation / David Kitz Kramer and Anna Krook -- Ch. 9. Exercise and Calorie Restriction Use Different Mechanisms to Improve Insulin Sensitivity / Gregory D. Cartee -- Ch. 10. Mitochondrial Oxidative Capacity and Insulin Resistance / Kevin R. Short -- Ch. 11. Effects of Acute Exercise and Exercise Training on Insulin Action in Skeletal Muscle / Erik A. Richter and Jorgen F. P. Wojtaszewski -- Ch. 12. Resistance Exercise Training and the Management of Diabetes / Jorgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Henriette Pilegaard and Flemming Dela -- Pt. IV. Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Identification of Novel Molecular Targets and Pathways -- Ch. 13. AMPK: The Master Switch for Type 2 Diabetes? / W. W. Winder and D. M. Thomson -- Ch. 14. Protein Kinase C and Insulin Resistance / Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer -- Ch. 15. Evidence for Prescribing Exercise as a Therapy for Treating Patients With Type 2 Diabetes / Sarah J. Lessard and John A. Hawley.
- ISBN
- 9780736064798 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- 0736064796 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007043954
- OCLC
- ocn176925246
- 176925246
- SCSB-5413953
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries