FITNESS OF INTAKE AND ANTHROPOMETRIC AFTER NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.13376Abstract
Introduction: Some authors argue that nutrition education is the key point for control of blood glucose levels and prevention of secondary complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). The aim of this study was to analyze dietary adequacy and anthropometric measurements of type 2 diabetic patients before and after nutrition education. Methodology: Cross-sectional study with 32 patients with DM2 undertaking group nutrition education, whose anthropometric data and dietary intake were analyzed before and after nutrition education sessions. The number of food servings consumed was classified based on the Brazilian Food Pyramid and the pyramid for diabetics adapted from the American Diabetes Association. Results: The study population was composed mostly by women (90.6%). There was no improvement in any of the anthropometric indicators between the two evaluation times, and there was no improvement, after nutrition education, in the consumption of food groups that were inadequate before nutrition education took place, according to the two pyramids. Dietary adequacy, according to the Pyramid from the American Diabetes Association, was significantly worse for the group of grains and carbohydrate sources and legumes (p = 0.09) and for the group of fats, sweets and alcohol (p <0.01). Conclusion: Despite the nutrition education program evaluated, there was no satisfactory result with regard to the improvement in dietary habits of the study patients, which should be reassessed and encouraged to change.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.13376
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