Volume : X, Issue : III, March - 2020

Impact of Nutrition Education and Diet Therapy on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. B. Premagowri

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Lifestyle modifications including alteration of diet and physical activity are the first lines of management during diabetes. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of nutrition education on glycemic control in type 2 diabetics. Around 410 newly detected type 2 diabetics were selected and socio–economic, anthropometric, dietary survey and biochemical data were collected by using the standard interview schedule. Programmed nutrition education using Information Communication Technology (ICT) were conducted to all the selected subjects. Using questionnaire, pre and post test was conducted to find the knowledge improvement on diabetes management. The mean scores 9.90±1.60 obtained in pre–test were increased to 17.85 ±1.15 after nutrition education. For the selected subjects without hypoglycemic drugs, fasting blood glucose reduced by 27.92mg/dl (t= 8.612), post prandial blood glucose reduced by 53.94mg/dl (t= 14.442) and HbA1c reduced by 0.55% (t= 13.987). Thus, imparting nutrition education through ICT tools was found to be effective in improving the level of nutrition knowledge.

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IMPACT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND DIET THERAPY ON GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES, Dr. B.Premagowri INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-3 | March-2020

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