Open AccessLIFESTYLE CHANGE AS A TREATMENT FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES:
Author(s) -
Juliana Campos Lopes,
Isabela Carrijo de Brito,
Giulia Bonini Panebianco,
Gabriel Weber Boff
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2763-5724
DOI - 10.51249/hes01.05.2021.497
Subject(s) - type 2 diabetes , lifestyle medicine , medicine , psychological intervention , quality of life (healthcare) , relevance (law) , alternative medicine , gerontology , type 2 diabetes mellitus , diabetes mellitus , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , political science , law , endocrinology
Lifestyle Medicine (LM) studies the illness process related to lifestyle habits and fosters interventions aiming to prevent and treat chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is a metabolic dysfunction closely related to individual lifestyle habits. OBJECTIVE to search the literature for references on lifestyle as a therapeutic approach in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. METHODOLOGY this is an integrative review of the scientific literature with a qualitative approach, carried out in July 2021, with a search for articles between 2015-2021 in the various databases. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 13 articles were included in this review and they showed the relevance of lifestyle change for DM2 prevention and remission. In this sense, weight loss must be prioritized and the treatment covers dietary pattern changes, physical activity, stress control, mental health, and health education promoting self-care for DM2 patients. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS after considering and understanding the advantages of the LM approach in the treatment of DM2, this topic should be increasingly discussed, thus creating new perspectives regarding the health care and quality of life of patients.