DIETARY GUIDELINES IN DIABETES?

Causes of Hospitalization for Children with Diabetes and the Principles of Dietary Guidelines

From 23,231 total admission to three chil­dren's hospitals in Teheran over 3years and 6 months to 8 years period, 83 patients were found to have diabetes, 23 per thousand. The incidence of diabetes in children in­creases with age and is maximum in adoles­cence.  In 83 diabetic children 59 were male and 24 female (F /M:(0.4.)  From 83 diabetic patients 25 (31.2p.c.) were admitted with ketoacid...

Dietary guidelines in singapore.

The 2011 Dietary Guidelines were developed with the aim of providing guidance on what dietary strategies can best address increasing rates of obesity and non-communicable chronic disease in Singapore. This set of dietary guidelines was developed with a local expert committee based on a review of scientific literature and data on current dietary patterns from the 2010 National Nutrition Survey. ...

Dietary Guidelines in the world.

Agriculture and dietary guidelines

Relative to USDA dietary guidelines there is a 30% deficit in vegetable production and a 100% deficit in fruit production in the US. The western US, especially California, dominates current production of both fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Constraints in land and water resources in California suggest that some shifts in production could occur in the future if production is matched t...

Rethinking Dietary Guidelines

Many public health recommendations are not truly evidence based (Brownson et al., 2003). Although some public health decisions can and should be made in the face of inconclusive data, many should not. The need for restraint may be especially salient when considering dietary guidelines. Dietary fat recommendations are a case in point, because they may have led to significant and harmful unintend...