In the November/December 2012
issue of Podiatry Management, an
overview of the state of the evidence
concerning the role and benefit of exercise
on the management of patients
with diabetes was presented. The following
discussion will be a review
of the latest publications that deal
with the challenges, both to clinicians
and patients, in instituting what
the evidence so clearly demonstrates:
exercise is a key in the management
of diabetes. Why are patients with diabetes
not exercising? How can they
be motivated? Also, as in the first
review, the role podiatric physicians
have in recommending, encouraging,
and even supervising the exercise
prescription is highlighted.