Exclusive Interviews

In this Exclusive Interview transcript, Sam Engel talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about how clinical inertia affects diabetes treatment; clinical trials on sitagliptin and ertugliflozin, including the CompoSIT and VERSIS studies; and diabetes drugs in the Merck pipeline.

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM is Professor Emerita of Exercise Science from Old Dominion University and an internationally recognized authority on diabetes and exercise. She is the author of 12 books, 27 book chapters, and over 400 articles. The author of "Exercise and Diabetes: A Clinician's Guide to Prescribing Physical Activity," published by ADA in 2013, she is also the lead author on a new ADA position statement on physical activity and diabetes published last fall. In 2016, she received the ADA Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award.

In this Exclusive Interview transcript, Sheri Colberg talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about low carb and other diets and their impact on exercise, as well as good exercises for people with diabetes.

In this Exclusive Interview, Sheri Colberg talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about various forms of food consumption and their impact on exercise, as well as good exercises for people with diabetes.

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Sheri Colberg discusses the dietary habits of athletes in a talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Sheri Colberg talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the true effectiveness of carb loading before athletic activity.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Sheri Colberg shares her primary recommended form of exercise in a discussion with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Sheri Colberg talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the consumption of sports drinks versus water.

In part 5, the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, Sheri Colberg talks about how to communicate about physical activity with patients newly diagnosed with diabetes in a discussion with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed.

Nancy J. D'Hondt  RPh, CDE, FAADE is a past president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She is a staff/clinical pharmacist in a 600-bed facility and is responsible for the review and processing of medication orders, patient-controlled analgesia, ADR and DUR monitoring, pharmacokinetic dosing, anticoagulation, and multidisciplinary rounds. Nancy specializes in diabetes care and self-management support for both the inpatient and outpatient populations, providing expertise on protocol development and implementation, staff education, and formulary decisions.