Creating a nutritional traffic light able to help in education for diabetes self-management
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Background Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that requires ongoing medical care, and education on self-management, in order to avoid acute complications and reduce the risk of chronic complications. Feeding recommendation for people with diabetes is no different from healthy people, being based on adequate intake of carbohydrates, proteins and fats adjusted to metabolic targets, energy needs and individual preferences. Educating and motivating people with diabetes to follow continuously eating plan is a major chronic challenge. Applying diabetes education through educational materials reinforcing the theory of good nutrition in order to facilitate the daily meal plan and food choices can be a strategy to improve adherence to nutritional therapy.
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