Over 18 million people are living with diabetes and the majority are type 2 - a group particularly at-risk for cardiovascular complications. Health care practitioners will find this comprehensive resource for type 2 indispensable, providing the most up-to-date guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, glucose, and cardiovascular disease risk factor control as well as nutrition and exercise. Professionals will find the array of treatment options for all stages of CVD particularly useful as well as the behavior modification strategies. Sections are divided into 5 parts: Diagnosis and classification; Pathogenesis; Tools of Therapy: Nutrition, Physical Activity, Pharmacology; Strategies for Behavior Change; Complications. A complete reference resource for diagnosing and treating people with type 2. Book and CD.