Athletes with Diabetes: Using Insulin
$9.95
This webinar was live broadcast on October 8, 2019. You are purchasing a recording. You have 30 days from purchase date to download webinar.
Presented by Dr. Sheri Colberg
Working with diabetic clients taking insulin can be tricky. This webinar will teach you the basics about managing insulin levels and nutrition during exercise. Keeping blood glucose in check is critical for optimizing your clients’ workouts and helping them reach their training goals.
Any offers or discounts mentioned in the webinar may no longer be active.
THIS WEBINAR IS FREE FOR MedFit Network (MFN) professional members. Active MFN members should CLICK HERE & log in to your MFN account; instructions for accessing past webinar are available on your MFN account dashboard.
If you’re not yet an MFN member and would like to learn more about membership and its benefits (including free access to MedFit Classroom webinars), click here
Description
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM, is a Professor Emerita of Exercise Science at Old Dominion University and a former Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. A graduate of Stanford, University of California, Davis, and Cal Berkeley, she is an internationally recognized authority on diabetes and exercise. She has led the way in shaping physical activity guidelines for many professional organizations, including the American Diabetes Association, American College of Sports Medicine, and American Association of Diabetes Educators.
Dr. Colberg has been a successfully funded research and is the author of 10 books, 18 book chapters, and close to 300 articles (more info at www.shericolberg.com). She is best known for Diabetic Athlete’s Handbook, the only book of its kind for active insulin users, as well as Exercise and Diabetes: A Clinician’s Guide to Prescribing Physical Activity, published by the American Diabetes Association. In the past two decades, she has dedicated her career to providing education and guidance to help people with diabetes exercise safely and effectively.
Frequently quoted by the media in a variety of venues, she is also the founder of Diabetes Motion
(www.diabetesmotion.com), a web site dedicated to helping educate people with diabetes about physical activity, and Diabetes Motion Academy (www.dmacademy.com), which provides continuing education programs for fitness and other health professionals. She recently was the recipient of a national award from the American Diabetes Association, the 2016 Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award, which recognizes a distinguished health professional who has made outstanding educational efforts in diabetes and demonstrated significant contributions to the understanding of diabetes education.
