The Diabetic Athlete

Sheri R. Colberg is an assistant professor of exercise science in the department of exercise science, physical education and recreation at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She holds a PhD in exercise physiology from the University of California at Berkeley, where she specialized in the areas of glucose and exercise metabolism and diabetes. She continues to conduct extensive research in these areas thanks to funding from sources including the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Colberg has 32 years of practical experience as a type 1 diabetic athlete. As a certified exercise test technologist with the American College of Sports Medicine, she worked as an exercise specialist for a diabetes treatment center in San Francisco. She is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, where she serves on the Professional Education and Ad Hoc Distance Learning Committees. She is also a professional member of the American Diabetes Association and former chair of the research section of the Virginia Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Dr. Colberg lives in Virginia Beach with her husband and their three boys. She enjoys swimming, biking, walking, weight training, and yardwork, as well as playing with her three sons.

Part 1 The diabetic athlete's toolbox: training for sports and fitness; balancing exercise blood sugars; the ups and downs of insulin; supplements and eating for exercise; guidelines for type I athletes; guidelines for type II athletes. Part 2 Sports and fitness activities: endurance sports; power sports; fitness activities; recreational sports; diabetic athletes and sports organisations; sports nutrition web sites of interest; diabetic athletes activity. Questionnaire.