The effectiveness of medical nutrition therapy for the control of weight and fasting blood sugar in the type 2 diabetic patients
Journal Title: مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد - Year 2006, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Background and aim: Although the short-term benefit of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) on the management of diabetes has been shown by previous studies, long-term efficiency of MNT has not been adequately investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of MNT during a 1-year follow-up period in the type II diabetic patients. Methods: In a follow-up study, 163 newly-diagnosed type II diabetic patients received MNT, including the educational materials on calorie, quantity and frequency of food intake, as well as the snakes. Patients were asked to have a second nutritional consulting after 1 month. Body weight, FBS and HbA1c were measured at 3, 6 and 12-month intervals and the results were compared using repeated-measures ANOVA. Results: The mean of patients’ age was 51.2±9.3 years. HbA1c, weight and BMI decreased significantly after 3 months of MNT (p
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hosain Khosravi, masoud Amini, sasan Haghighi , aram Ghodsi, somayeh Mohammadi, jamyil Bateni
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