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Macro partitioning
Dietary adherence to national guidelines (≥5 servings of fruits/vegetables daily, <30% calories from fat, <10% from saturated fat) is suboptimal in the majority of adults with type 2 diabetes.
Try to eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Reduce fat intake to less than 30% of total calories and saturated fat to less than 10%. Focus on adding healthy foods rather than just restricting unhealthy ones.
ModerateRefutesMEDIUM confidence
Sixty-two percent of respondents ate fewer than five servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Almost two thirds of the respondents consumed ≥30% of their daily calories from fat and ≥10% of total calories from saturated fat.
Why this rating
Based on self-reported data from a cross-sectional survey (NHANES III), subject to recall bias.
Source
Diet and Exercise Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Karin M. Nelson et al. · Diabetes Care · 2002
DOI 10.2337/diacare.25.10.1722
cross_sectional · n=1480Cited 448×
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