title: Change of the nutritional habits and anthropometric measurements of type 2 diabetic patients - advantages of the nutritional education carried out.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diabetes is one of many diseases in which prevention and treatment are essentially based on proper nutrition. Nutritional education should be a constant, integral and indispensable part of the therapeutic procedure in diabetes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was an estimation of the nutritional habits of patients with type 2 diabetes before and after individual nutritional education and the answers to the question what influence this education had on the change of nutritional habits and the change of the anthropometric measurements of the patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  148 patients of diabetes outpatient clinics participated in our study, which contained, among others, anthropometric measurements and carrying out a questionnaire that tested dietary habits. An individual nutrition plan was established and the individual dietary education of the patients was carried out on the basis of the gathered data. The nutritional habits and the anthropometric measurements were verified again three months after the education.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis of the results received revealed an occurrence of the differences between the incidence of proper nutritional habits and middle-values of body weight and waist size in the period before and after education. Before the education, an enormous amount of improper nutritional habits were found and the values of body weight and waist size were higher, while after the education the improvement of habits and a reduction in body weight and waist size were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of our study carried out before the education revealed the occurrence of many unfavorable nutritional habits. As a result of the education, nutritional habits improved, which were simultaneously reflected in an improvement of the anthropometric parameters. The results of the studies carried out proved the efficiency and profitable influence of dietary education on changes to the nutritional habits of respondents).
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland.
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szczepańska
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Clinic, Sosnowiec, Poland.
authors.forename: Mariola
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klocek
authors.affiliation: Department of Technology and Food Quality Evaluation, Medical University of Silesia, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kardas
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Medical University of Silesia, Bytom, Poland.
authors.forename: Lechosław
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000178:diet therapy*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D055105:Waist Circumference