Diabetes Spectrum - Volume 12 Number 11999

	FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE Professional Issues in Facilitating Lifestyle Change for People With Type 2 Diabetes J. Terry Saunders, PhD, and Joyce Green Pastors, RD, MS, CDE, Guest Editors	3	DEPARTMENTS Editorial:Opportunity Is Knocking—The Time Is Now Anne Daly, MS, RD, LD, CDE
17	Preface J. Terry Saunders, PhD, and Joyce Green Pastors, RD, MS, CDE	13	Clinical Decision Making: Glycemic Control in the Elderly: Risks and Benefits Evan M. Benjamin, MD
19	Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: Reintegrating the Clinical and Behavioral Components in Diabetes Care and Education Original Article by Martha M. Funnell, MS, RN, CDE, and Robert M. Anderson, EdD	40	Special Report: National Diabetes Education Program: The Time Is Right Carolyn Leontos, MS, RD, CDE
23	Am I Toast or Is It Just Hot Out Here? Lessons From the Desert in Avoiding Diabetes Provider Burnout Original Article by Betty Brackenridge, MS, RD, CDE, and Kris Swenson, RN, CDE	44	Special Report: Report of the Task Force on the Delivery of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Medical Nutrition Therapy
28	Facilitating Lifestyle Change in People With Diabetes Mellitus: Perspective From a Private Practice Original Article by Stephen L. Pohl, MD	49	Lifestyle and Behavior: Holistic Health and Diabetes Diana W. Guthrie, PhD, FAAN, CDE, HNC
33	Tailoring a Lifestyle Change Approach and Resources to the Patient Original Article by Arlene Caban, MA, Portia Johnson, RN, MSN, David Marseille, BS, and Judith Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RD	53	Reader Survey: Tell Us What You Think
FEATURE		56	Nutrition FYI: Ethnic and Regional Food Practices: A Series Alison B. Evert, RD, CDE
7	Glycemic Control Through Modulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism Karmeen D. Kulkarni, RD, MS, CDE	62	Recommended Reading • Dear Diabetes Advisor Reviewed by Scott Jacober, DO • "Stop. Take Control of Diabetes." Reviewed by Kris Swenson, RN, CDE