Changing dietary habits in persons living with type 2 diabetes
Ana Elisa Castro-Sánchez1, María Natividad Ávila-Ortíz
1Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Objective:
To describe changes in eating behavior and analyze subjects' perceptions regarding a diabetes diet.
Methods:
Qualitative study was conducted with 45 semistructured interviews; 21 men and 24 women who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were included. Sample size was determined by theoretical sampling. Responses were grouped into codes that described concepts, themes, and subthemes.
Results:
Three phases were identified: initial, accommodation-adaptation, and crisis. The most significant difficulties were controlling appetite increase, replacing animal fats with vegetable fats and meat with legumes and vegetables, and eating with others.
Conclusions And Implications:
Eating behavior changes over time, with several stages, when a person lives with type 2 diabetes. Strict adherence to diet is only temporary and short-term. Further research is needed to help ill persons after they receive their first diet prescription.
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