A Single Lesson on Dietary Education Improves Dietary Knowledge in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Real-Life Monocentric Italian Study.

ABSTRACT: Background. It is unclear if dietary education may increase adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD). Study aim. We estimated the effect of dietary counseling on nutritional knowledge and adherence to MD in T2D adult patients. Methods. T2D patients who attended the Diabetology Center of the Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda were recruited (April to September 2019) and categorized into two groups: the intervention group (IG), receiving a 2.5-h education, and the control group (CG). The Moynihan questionnaire and the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Assessment Questionnaire (MDAAQ) were administered to estimate the overall knowledge and adherence to MD at baseline (T0), 1 week (T1), and 1 month (T2) later. Results. Seventy-two individuals (69.5 ± 8.6 years old) w

SUBMITTER: Disoteo OE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11990264 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature