Dietary Quality in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes | Zendy

Nidhi Bansal | Zendy; Leona Cuttler | Zendy; Mary Ann O’Riordan | Zendy; Michaela B. Koontz | Zendy

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Dietary Quality in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

Author(s) -

Nidhi Bansal,

Leona Cuttler,

Mary Ann O’Riordan,

Michaela B. Koontz

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc13-0436

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , type 1 diabetes , gerontology , environmental health , disease , demography , endocrinology , sociology

Recent data demonstrate that youth with type 1 diabetes are not meeting established nutrition guidelines. However, comprehensive assessments of overall dietary quality in these youth are lacking, and it is unclear whether their dietary quality differs from that of their peers without diabetes. Therefore, we assessed comprehensive dietary quality in 50 adolescents with type 1 diabetes (mean age 14.9 ± 1.9 years, 54% male, 80% non-Hispanic white, 65% with household income ≤75,000 USD, diabetes duration 6.2 ± 4.0 years, and HbA1c 8.9 ± 1.5%) and 40 demographically similar adolescents without diabetes (mean age 14.9 ± 1.9 years, 48% male, 85% non-Hispanic white, and 59% with household income ≤75,000 USD) and sought to identify correlates of dietary quality. Individuals with other conditions affecting dietary intake (e.g., celiac disease) were excluded. This study has institutional review board approval. Dietary quality was assessed via U.S. …

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