Videos

Jackie Boucher discusses the complexities of individualizing nutrition and diet advice for diabetic patients including such factors as glycemic control, managing cholesterol and weight, lifestyle, socioeconomic and cultural conditions, and the patient’s readiness for change….  

Jackie Boucher, MS, RD, LD, CDE, gives us an introduction to herself and some of the personal history that informs her approach to diabetes nutrition and diet recommendations for her patients.

Etta Vinik talks about how clinicians need to understand how patients sometimes have to go to incredible efforts just to get in for an appointment and that it is important to spend time with them when they do. And she lets us know how finding a good physical activity that …

While we are pulling together this past weekend’s ADA videos for you, we thought we’d share this video from last year’s ADA with Etta Vinik, who has partnered with her husband Aaron Vinik, MD, over many years in improving diabetes education for patients as well as helping cliinicians to better …

Dr. Joe Houmard briefly talks about the benefits of different types of aerobic exercise noting that part of a patient’s choice should be personal preference, and some might be due to factors such as the stress on joints that running can bring. Healso  notes that although cycling is great exercise, …

Dr. Joe Houmard address the issue of “healthy obesity” noting that although recent data does seem to support the concept, especially for those who are overweight rather than obese, it is still preferable for patients to be at a normal weight…. Joe Houmard, Ph.D. has been at East Carolina University in …

Dr. Joe Houmard continues his discussion of the benefits of physical activity and emphasizes that, when communicating with patients, it’s especially important to tell them not to rely on a scale for results, especially if they are just starting out. One important aspect that a scale will not show is …

  Dr. Joe Houmard talks about how, if we all began working on “weight maintenance” immediately after leaving high school, it would reduce our national health care expenditure phenomenonally. Instead, the focus is on “weight loss” rather than healthy, gradual physical fitness. Joe Houmard, Ph.D. has been at East Carolina University …

Joe Houmard, PhD, talks about the minimum recommended amount of exercise everyone should get each day, about 30 minutes. He also clarifies that this means, “vigorous exercise,” and defines what that means exactly. And he notes that some people just starting out might want to start with less while others …

Joseph Hourmard talks about the benefits of aerobic exercise versus anaerobic exercise, and notes that as patients get older, doing more resistance-type exercise will help to maintain muscle mass. However, he again points out that the best exercise is the type that patients will actually do. He also notes that …