A How-to-Teach guide for Health Professionals

by Hope S. Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE and Karen M. Bolderman, RD, LD, CDE

Learn the essentials of teaching carbohydrate counting in this revised and much expanded edition. This resource provides clear and practical approaches that will allow you to help your patients achieve glycemic control with Basic or Advanced Carbohydrate Counting. This new edition includes:

• Reasons for teaching carbohydrate counting, which type, and to whom.
• Complete information on both Basic and Advanced Carbohydrate Counting
• Skills and readiness checklists for patients considering carbohydrate counting
• Expanded sections on using carbohydrate counting in conjunction with insulin pump therapy
• Methods for calculating insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios, correction factors, and other formulas
• Details on fine-tuning and pattern management
• Expanded case studies
• Useful charts, record-keeping forms, and resource sections

Cover Price: $22.95, 6 X 9, 202 pages, 2008