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The implementation of nutritional advice for people with diabetes
Author(s) -
Lean M. E. J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.01103.x
Subject(s) - medicine , citation , advice (programming) , library science , gerontology , computer science , programming language
It is 10 years since Diabetes UK (at that time The British Diabetic Association) last published recommendations for the dietary management of people with diabetes [1]. Since then the evidence base for current nutritional recommendations has been extensively reviewed on behalf of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [2] (EASD) and more recently for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) [3]. The Nutrition Subcommittee of Diabetes UK is in general agreement with the conclusions reached in these technical reviews and with the recommendations based on those conclusions [4,5]. The purpose of this paper is to provide consensus-based recommendations, drawing on the technical reviews of the EASD [2], ADA [3] and other sources, for the practical implementation of nutritional advice in the UK, particularly in the context of the National Service Frameworks for Diabetes [6,7] and The Department of Health’s paper on The Expert Patient [8].