title: Nutrition and insulin dependent diabetes in the young: general approaches.
abstract: The so called diabetic diet, with a high intake of protein and fat, grown up in order to gain a better glycemic control, can be responsible for long term impairment of macro-angiopathic complication. For this reason many paediatric diabetologists, according to recent Dietary Allowances, recommend to diabetic children and adolescents a diet with the following characteristics: A variable total energy intake based on energy need High content of starch, particularly rich in soluble fibres Protein content lower than usual intake Increased mono and polyunsaturated fats.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olivieri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maffeis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonfiantini
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000178:diet therapy*; D003927:Diet, Diabetic; D006801:Humans