Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9600
+32 25889658
ISSN: 2155-9600
+32 25889658
Nebal Abdel Rahman Aboul Ella
National Nutrition Institute, Egypt
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nutr Food Sci
The increased number of children and adolescents diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) presents new challenges to pediatricians and dietitians. This study aimed to raise the awareness of the students (diabetics or at risk for the T2DM) to the importance of protective role of healthy nutrition and lifestyle for prevention of T2DM and its sequela and to evaluate their nutrition knowledge, anthropometric and laboratory results pre and post to Nutrition Education Program (NEP). It is conducted in Giza governorate as a part of Phase-II of the national survey where adolescents at risk; selected from phase-I of the survey, were the targets of this study, they were 324 students. They were subjected to nutrition education process that was carried out by survey teams who deliver nutrition education through a series of lessons and activities to the students. The process was continued for three months and conducted in three stages: Pre-program evaluation, NEP implementation and Post-program evaluation. The studied adolescents were subjected to clinical, anthropometric and laboratory assessments in the pre and post program period. The program consists of two modules that covered topics related to basics of nutrition and diabetes mellitus. The program has not successfully changed obesity and overweight percentages, however. A dramatic improvement in fasting blood glucose (FBG) level was elicited after the NEP as 16 out of 21 (76.0%) of the diabetics and 61 out of 104 (58.7%) of the pre-diabetics had normal FBG in the post evaluation phase. Lipid profile did not change significantly but 17.0% of participants had an increase in their high density lipoproteins (HDL-c) level in the post evaluation phase to be re-categorized in the acceptable range. The results of this study suggest that patients who are at risk for T2DM should be screened early and treated aggressively to prevent the onset of the T2DM whenever possible.
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