Type 2 Diabetes - 6 Hours Live Credit

Key topics to be covered:

• The diabetes epidemic - what is causing the explosion?
• Consequences of diabetes - microvascular and macrovascular disease. 
• Management of diabets - drug therapies, nutrition and exercise.
• Prediabetes, hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance.

Course Objectives

• List environmental factors contributing to the diabetes epidemic.
• List pharmacological interventions for treating diabetes and potential therapies for prediabetes (n/a pharmacy technicians).
• Discuss the relationship between visceral fat, adipokines and insulin resistance .
• Discuss dietary and exercise interventions that are effective in weight management, improved glucose utilization and enhanced insulin sensitivity.
• ACPE #826-999-10-037-L01-P & 826-999-10-037-L01-T, IRD: 12-1-10.
   

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