TCOYD News

September 13, 2007

Seeking info from athlete PWDs

Author Sheri Colberg-Ochs is working on the 2nd edition of her first book, "The Diabetic Athlete." She is collecting info from active individuals with diabetes through a quick online questionnaire. If you are interested, click here to fill out the survey by Oct. 31st.

The 2nd Edition of "The Diabetic Athlete" will bring readers the most up-to-date practices for all active individuals with diabetes, including use of the latest insulins, Symlin, Byetta, and other new medications and devices. It will additionally include two new chapters on preventing and treating sports injuries and thinking like an athlete. The athlete profiles will be updated, include some new sports and individuals, and focus on younger athletes as well as older ones. The regimen changes for individual sports and activities will be updated throughout the second half of the book as well.

The link to the questionnaire for all active diabetic individuals (with type 1 or type 2) is http://www.shericolberg.com/athlete-questionnaire.asp, and information will be accepted until October 31, 2007 for inclusion in the second edition, which will be published in November 2008 by Human Kinetics.