Diabetes and me : an essential guide for kids and parents / text by Kim Chaloner, illustrated by Nick Bertozzi.
By: Chaloner, Kim.
Contributor(s): Bertozzi, Nick [illustrator].
Publisher: New York, NY : Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2013Edition: First edition.Description: ix, 157 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780809038718.Subject(s): DIABETES | MANAGEMENT | HEALTH INFORMATION | MEDICATIONS | DIET MANAGEMENT | EXERCISE | COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS | JUVENILE LITERATUREGenre/Form: Graphic novels.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | IHC Library | Main Collection | 900.75 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | W0011709 |
"A graphic novel from Hill and Wang."
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1 What is Diabetes? 3 -- Warm Up! 8 -- What Is Diabetes? 13 -- Who Has Diabetes? 17 -- How Does Diabetes Work? 24 -- Part 2 Your Team 38 -- From Dr. Doom to the Dream Team 38 -- Your Pediatrician or Internist 41 -- Your Endocrinologist 43 -- Your Certified Diabetes Nurse Educator (CDE) 46 -- Your Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) 49 -- Your Ophthalmologist 52 -- Caring for Your Feet 54 -- Your Exercise Physiologist 56 -- Part 3 How to Get in the Game 60 -- Equipment #1: Keeping Score 60 -- Hypoglycemia 64 -- Hyperglycemia 65 -- Lows and Highs 66 -- Equipment #2: What Is Insulin, and What Are Oral Meds? 78 -- The Pancreas Playbook 82 -- Part 4 Fuel 90 -- What Is a Carbohydrate? 92 -- What Are Fats? 97 -- Carb Counting 99 -- Beware! Don't Judge a Team by the Color of Its Uniform! 100 -- New Ways to Fuel Up 101 -- Food Makeover #1: The Burrito Comeback Kid 106 -- Food Makeover #2: Real Pizza, Real Tasty 108 -- Time-Out: Dealing with Emergencies and Food 115 -- Lows 117 -- Severe Lows 118 -- Part 5 On the Field 120 -- Why Exercise Is Essential to Living a Healthy Life with Diabetes 120 -- Starting Out 122 -- Taking It to the Next Level 125 -- Running Interference 129 -- What Will You Try? 133 -- Part 6 Huddle! Team Support 134 -- Fans 134 -- Sick Days 139 -- Keeping Up Your Routine 140 -- Making a Pump Armband/Leg Band 146 -- Wrap-Up 149.
"An illustrated guidebook for young people with diabetes"-- Provided by publisher.
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