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Evaluation of a Diabetes Education Programme
Author(s) -
Webb K. L.,
Dobson A. J.,
Tupling H. E.,
Harris G. W.,
O'Connell D. L.,
Atkinson J.,
Sulway M. J.,
Leeder S. R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1982.tb02448.x
Subject(s) - medicine , regimen , diabetes mellitus , metabolic control analysis , weight loss , diabetic diet , weight gain , carbohydrate , physical therapy , body weight , gerontology , endocrinology , obesity
Evaluation of a diabetes education programme . K. L. Webb, A. J. Dobson, H. E. Tupling, G. W. Harris, D. L. O'Connell, J. Atkinson, M. J. Sulway and S. R. Leeder, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1982, 12, pp. 153–160. An education programme was evaluated for 140 insulin–dependent diabetics and their family members from 1978 to 1980. Dietary, biochemical and other assessments were made before and 6 months after the programme. As a group, the diabetics were initially in good metabolic control and this was maintained, or improved, over the study period. The programme recommended a diet in which complex carbohydrate constituted at least 45% of energy intake and fat was limited to 30%. The diabetics and their family members significantly increased their consumption of complex carbohydrate and decreased fat intake. On this regimen,