Take Control of Your Diabetes Risk

“Despite how common diabetes is, many people don’t really understand what’s happening in their body,” posits Whyte (Take Control of Your Cancer Risk), the chief medical officer at WebMD, in this frank and useful take on diabetes and its care. Whyte begins by breaking down what exactly diabetes is (differentiating between type 1, type 2, and gestational), laying out risk factors (including weight, age, and family history), and outlining symptoms (increased hunger and thirst among them). Whyte then advises on lifestyle tips to help keep blood sugar levels stable–readers should include tuna, salmon, coffee, whole grains, and plenty of fiber in their diet, and avoid alcohol and processed meats; exercise is key, too. A four-week meal and exercise plan rounds things out, with shopping lists for each week, simple recipes (including turkey burgers and a breakfast burrito), and cardio, resistance, core, balance, and flexibility exercises. Whyte is enthusiastic and keeps things shame-free while arming readers with information: “Don’t blame yourself and don’t let anyone blame you,” he writes, but “you have the power to take control of your risk. Start using it!” Those worried about their blood sugar should give this a look. Agent: Mel Berger, WME. (Mar.)

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Publisher Marketing:
From the Chief Medical Officer at WebMD, the world’s largest provider of trusted health information, learn how to reduce your diabetes risk and change your mindset from I hope I don’t get diabetes to I can prevent diabetes.

You have diabetes.

Three words no one ever wants to hear, yet each year, over a million people in the United States alone do.

So now what?

Take Control of Your Diabetes Risk shares straightforward information and equips you with strategies to help you on a journey to better health, including:

Knowing the causes of the different types of diabetes
Learning the role food, exercise, and sleep play
Understanding the relationship between diabetes, heart disease, and cancer
You have the power to reclaim your life after a prediabetes or diabetes diagnosis–and this book will show you just how easy it is.

Review Citations:
Publishers Weekly 01/17/2022 (EAN 9780785240648, Hardcover)
Contributor Bio: Whyte MD Mph, John
John Whyte, MD, MPH, is a popular physician and writer who has been communicating to the public about health issues for nearly two decades.

In his role as chief medical officer of WebMD, Whyte leads efforts to develop and expand strategic partnerships that create meaningful change around important and timely public health issues. Prior to WebMD, Whyte served as the director of professional affairs and stakeholder engagement at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration. Whyte worked with health care professionals, patients, and patient advocates, providing them with a focal point for advocacy, enhanced two-way communication, and collaboration, assisting them in navigating the FDA on issues concerning drug development, review, and drug safety. He also developed numerous initiatives to address diversity in clinical trials.

Prior to this, Whyte worked for nearly a decade as the chief medical expert and vice president, health and medical education, at Discovery Channel, the leading nonfiction television network. In this role, Whyte developed, designed, and delivered educational programming that appealed to both a medical and lay audience. This included television shows as well as online content that won over fifty awards, including numerous Tellys, CINE Golden Eagles, and Freddies.

Whyte is a board-certified internist. He completed an internal medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center and earned a master of public health degree in health policy and management at Harvard University School of Public Health. Prior to arriving in Washington, DC, Whyte was a health services research fellow at Stanford and attending physician in the department of medicine.