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Part I: Dealing with the Onset of Diabetes.

Chapter 1: Dealing with Diabetes.

Chapter 2: It's the Glucose.

Chapter 3: What Type of Diabetes Do You Have?

Part II: How Diabetes Affects Your Body.

Chapter 4: Battling Short-Term Complications.

Chapter 5: Preventing Long-Term Complications.

Chapter 6: Diabetes, Sexual Function, and Pregnancy.

Part III: Managing Diabetes: The 'Thriving with Diabetes' Lifestyle Plan.

Chapter 7: Glucose Monitoring and Other Tests.

Chapter 8: Diabetes Diet Plan.

Chapter 9: Keeping It Moving: Exercise Plan.

Chapter 10: Medication: What You Should Know.

Chapter 11: Diabetes Is Your Show.

Chapter 12: Putting Your Knowledge to Work.

Part IV: Special Considerations for Living with Diabetes.

Chapter 13: Your Child Has Diabetes.

Chapter 14: Diabetes and the Elderly.

Chapter 15: Driving and Occupational Problems.

Chapter 16: What's New in Diabetes Care.

Chapter 17: What Doesn’t Work When You're Treating Diabetes.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse the Effects of Diabetes.

Chapter 19: Ten Myths about Diabetes That You Can Forget.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Get Others to Help You.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Mini-Cookbook.

Appendix B: Exchange Lists.

Appendix C: Dr WW Web.

Index.

"Informative guide in the 'Dummies' format" (SWEET, October 2008)