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Addressing the Current Challenges for Athletes With Type 1 Diabetes Online CE Course

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ISBN: 9781718251762

This course consists of the following:

  • Addressing the Current Challenges for Athletes With Type 1 Diabetes video presentation
  • Slide deck
  • Practice exam
  • Online continuing education exam

Addressing the Current Challenges for Athletes With Type 1 Diabetes, discusses topics relevant to athletes with type 1 diabetes including its athletic implications, balancing exercise blood glucose levels, low-carb eating, using diabetes technology and automated insulin delivery systems, the impact of current diabetes medications on physical activity, and more. You’ll become more aware of how the disease impacts athletes physiologically and better understand safe ways to enhance athletic performance of those athletes with type 1 diabetes.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the potential causes of type 1 diabetes and which individuals are most likely to develop this condition.
  • Summarize the key strategies that are recommended for balancing exercise blood glucose levels in athletes with type 1 diabetes.
  • Explain the primary ways to enhance athletic performance in athletes with type 1 diabetes, and discuss how they may or may not differ from approaches used for athletes without diabetes.
  • Judge the best ways to use diabetes technologies during training and competition while considering the benefits and drawbacks of recent advances.

Audience

Certified strength and conditioning coaches, sport coaches, and personal trainers.

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM, is a professor emerita of exercise science from Old Dominion University and an internationally recognized authority on diabetes and exercise. She is the author of 13 books, including Aging Well With Diabetes, The Athlete’s Guide to Diabetes, and Diabetes & Keeping Fit for Dummies. In addition, she has authored 39 book chapters and over 450 articles, including the latest American Diabetes Association and American College of Sports Medicine position statements on physical activity and diabetes. She was honored with the American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award in 2016.

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