Nutrition therapy recommendations for the management of adults with diabetes.

ABSTRACT: There is no standard meal plan or eating pattern that works universally for all people with diabetes. In order to be effective, nutrition therapy should be individualized for each patient/client based on his or her individual health goals; personal and cultural preferences; health literacy and numeracy; access to healthful choices; and readiness, willingness, and ability to change. Nutrition interventions should emphasize a variety of minimally processed nutrient dense foods in appropriate portion sizes as part of a healthful eating pattern and provide the individual with diabetes with practical tools for day-to-day food plan and behavior change that can be maintained over the long term.

SUBMITTER: Evert AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3816916 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature