Physical activity and type 2 diabetes : therapeutic effects and mechanisms of action

 Content: The increasing burden of type 2 diabetes: magnitude, causes, and implications of the epidemic / Edward W. Gregg and Andrea K. Kriska --
 Waging war on type 2 diabetes: primary prevention through exercise biology / Frank W. Booth, Manu V. Chakravarthy, and Matthew J. Laye --
 Fatty acid uptake and insulin resistance / Arend Bonen ... [et al.] --
 Lipid metabolism and insulin signaling / Jason R. Berggren, Leslie A. Consitt, and Joseph A. Houmard --
 Metabolic inflexibility and insulin resistance / Bret Goodpaster and David E. Kelley --
 Nutrient sensor links obesity with diabetes risk / Sarah Crunkhorn and Mary Elizabeth Patti --
 Inflammation-induced insulin resistance in obesity: when immunity impacts on metabolic control / Phillip James White and André Marette --
 Transcription factors regulating exercise adaptation / David Kitz Krämer and Anna Krook --
 Exercise and calorie restriction use different mechanisms to improve insulin sensitivity / Gregory D. Cartee --
 Mitochondrial oxidative capacity and insulin resistance / Kevin R. Short --
 Effects of acute exercise and exercise training on insulin action in skeletal muscle / Erik A. Richter and Jürgen F.P. Wojtaszewski --
 Resistance exercise training and the management of diabetes / Jürgen F.P Wojtaszewski, Henriette Pilegaard, and Flemming Dela --
 AMPK: the master switch for type 2 diabetes? / W.W. Winder and D.M Thomson --
 Protein kinase C and insulin resistance / Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer --
 Evidence for the prescription of exercise as a therapy for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes / Sarah J. Lessard and John A. Hawley.
 Abstract:             
              Provides students, scientists and health care clinicians with information on the role of physical activity in alleviating insulin resistance. This book discusses the emergence of an exercise-deficient phenotype and details the effects of exercise training on selected aspects of substrate metabolism.                 Read more...