New Book Offers Program for Type 2 Diabetes Sufferers to Lose Weight, Cut Medications
Sheri Colberg-Ochs
Sheri Colberg-Ochs, well-known researcher on diabetes and exercise, is the co-author of a new book, "The Diabetes Breakthrough: A Scientifically Proven Plan to Lose Weight and Cut Medications" (Harlequin Nonfiction/Harvard Health Publications).
Co-written with Dr. Osama Hamdy of Harvard Medical School, the book is based on the Joslin Diabetes Center's successful and proven Why WAIT program. The authors say that those who follow the program outlined in their book can lose weight for good, cut medications and finally reclaim their health - in just 12 weeks.
"The success of the Joslin's program in helping people with diabetes lose weight and keep it off is astounding, and finally this program will be available to everyone who lives outside the Boston area (in book form). It truly is a breakthrough for people who want to lose weight and live long and well with diabetes or prevent it in the first place," said Colberg-Ochs, professor of exercise science at Old Dominion.
"The Diabetes Breakthrough" - Colberg-Ochs' 10th book as a sole or co-author - will be released later this month. For those suffering from type 2 diabetes, the possibility of stopping or reversing the relentless progression of this chronic disease is good news indeed.
Hamdy, the book's lead author, is the medical director of the Obesity Clinical Program at Joslin Clinic. He is clinical investigator and attending adult endocrinologist at Joslin Diabetes Center and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
For the first time, he shares the center's scientific breakthroughs in a usable and doable step-by-step program. And with the professionally formulated exercise plans fine-tuned by Colberg-Ochs, an exercise physiologist and renowned diabetes fitness expert, the authors say that readers will not only get results, but also keep them.
In the Joslin Diabetes Center's Why WAIT program, Hamdy has helped hundreds of patients:
Break free from the pill bottle. It is possible to cut medications by 50 to 60 percent - or even stop them altogether.
Stop fearing the scale. Readers can learn how to safely lose - and keep off - those 10, 20 or even 50-plus pounds that are holding them back from a healthy life.
Never dread exercise again. Those who follow the program can tailor their exercise to the way they really live and work, so they can get results without being a slave to the gym.
Make it easy. The dozens of checklists, goal worksheets and real-life success stories in the book will keep readers motivated to make smart decisions, even on the busiest days.
Those who follow the Joslin's Why WAIT program, Hamdy says, will never go hungry; can eat lots of delicious and nutritious food; and can save $100 per month on average on medications.
For more information about the book, visit Colberg-Ochs' website: www.shericolberg.com/diabetes-breakthrough.asp.
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Colberg-Ochs specializes in research on diabetes and exercise and continues to conduct extensive clinical research specifically in diabetes, exercise, aging and healthy lifestyles with funding from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the National Institutes of Health and others. In addition to her 10 books, many translated into other languages, she has written more than 250 research and educational articles and 13 book chapters on physical activity, diabetes, healthy lifestyles, nutrition, successful aging and more.
She headed up the revision of a position stand on "Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes" jointly for the American College of Sports Medicine and the ADA in 2010, as well as represented the ADA as an organizational partner in the implementation of the National Physical Activity Plan for Americans. She serves on the Center for Global Health Task Force for ODU and the ADA's Prevention Committee (to prevent type 2 diabetes).
Colberg-Ochs is also an adjunct professor of internal medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. Along with her many credentials, including working as an exercise specialist in a diabetes treatment center and conducting exercise-related research on people with diabetes, she has more than 45 years' worth of practical experience as a (type 1) diabetic exerciser and person living with diabetes.
A frequent lecturer on diabetes and exercise across the nation to both professional and lay audiences, Colberg-Ochs is also a reviewer for many scientific journals, grants and books, a member of several diabetes publications' advisory boards, a columnist and medical advisory board member for dLife, a frequent columnist for Diabetes In Control, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, a professional member of the ADA and a former member of the board of directors for the Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association.