Health Habits for Diabetes

Health Habits for Diabetes is an authoritative and essential guide for patients seeking to identify and implement easy strategies and positive behaviors to better manage their Type 2 diabetes.

Health Habits for Diabetes provides practical insights and actionable steps to help individuals take control of their health.

Health Habits for Diabetes highlights how to harness the motivation from a diagnosis, utilize willpower, examine sources of influence, form healthy habits, and develop a new integrated identity around positive behaviors. It offers a detailed "what, why, and how" for each stage of health behavior change, including medication compliance, physical activity, mindset, and nutrition.

• Motivation and Willpower: Learn how to leverage your diagnosis as a catalyst for positive change.

• Sources of Influence: Understand and examine the factors that influence your health behaviors.

• Habit Formation: Develop and maintain healthy habits that support diabetes management.

• Integrated Identity: Create a new identity centered around healthy behaviors and wellness.

• Comprehensive Guidance: Covers medication compliance, physical activity, mindset, and nutrition.

• Behavioral Focus: Uses research and practical examples to emphasize the importance of behavior in managing diabetes.

Most health issues are preventable because they stem from our behaviors. Using examples from research and practice, Health Habits for Diabetes focuses on behavioral strategies to help patients effectively manage their Type 2 diabetes.Justin Kompf, PhD, has worked in the fitness industry since 2009 as a college strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer. He has an MS in Exercise Science and has a PhD in Exercise and Health Sciences with a focus on Health Behavior Change from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Justin has taught at the State University of New York at Cortland and also at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. He has published work in the Strength and Conditioning Journal, Sports Medicine, the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, and the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. He has contributed his expertise in health behavior change to personal training certifications and nutrition certifications with the National Academy of Sports Medicine.