PMID- 34168295 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220331 LR - 20220407 IS - 1476-5640 (Electronic) IS - 0954-3007 (Linking) VI - 76 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Feb TI - Effect of diabetes nutrition education on the dietary feeding practices and lifestyle of type 2 diabetic patients. PG - 270-276 LID - 10.1038/s41430-021-00940-3 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common global diseases of public concern. In developing countries like Uganda, dietary habits and sedentary lifestyle are the major factors for rapidly rising incidence of DM. Therefore, awareness about diabetes dietary practices and life style are paramount in the control of the disease. METHODOLOGY: One hundred type 2 diabetic patients were randomly selected and divided into two groups of intervention and control (50 patients in each group) to participate in the study. The intervention consisted of two educational sessions each for 30 min with various learning segments. A conversation map for type 2 diabetes, 24-h dietary recall and glycemic load tables were used. Data were collected using a pre-tested questionnaire before intervention and on monthly basis for a period of four months of intervention. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS software version 21. RESULTS: There was a significant (p < 0.001) increase in water, vegetables, fruits, and number of meals intake per day coupled with quitting alcohol, soda, and beer among the intervention group. On the other hand, it was revealed that meat and milk consumption significantly reduced by 81.6 and 82.4% respectively among the intervention group. At the end of study period, milk, meat, vegetable, beer, soda, cigarettes intake, and duration of physical activity increased among the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition education improves dietary feeding practices and lifestyle among type 2 diabetes patients within four months of intervention. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. FAU - Mutagwanya, Robert AU - Mutagwanya R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6615-1261 AD - School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio-engineering, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. robertmutagwanya@gmail.com. FAU - Nyago, Christine Magala AU - Nyago CM AD - School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio-engineering, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. FAU - Nakwagala, Frederick Nelson AU - Nakwagala FN AD - Endocrine unit of Mulago hospital, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210624 PL - England TA - Eur J Clin Nutr JT - European journal of clinical nutrition JID - 8804070 SB - IM MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/prevention & control MH - Diet MH - Feeding Behavior MH - Health Education MH - Humans MH - Life Style EDAT- 2021/06/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/01 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/25 06:42 PHST- 2020/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/11/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/25 06:42 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/s41430-021-00940-3 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41430-021-00940-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2022 Feb;76(2):270-276. doi: 10.1038/s41430-021-00940-3. Epub 2021 Jun 24.