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CHARACTERISTICS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, AND BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS WITH MEDITERRANEAN DIET a) Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Jenderal Achmad Yani University Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) is a metabolic disease due to disorders of the pancreas in producing insulin. Poor diet can cause abnormal blood glucose levels. The Mediterranean diet is a diet that is recommended for people with type 2 DM because it contains unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA and PUFA), high antioxidants, and low glycemic index that can improve nutritional status and blood glucose levels. This study aims to describe the characteristics, nutritional status, and blood glucose levels of type 2 DM patients with a Mediterranean diet. The research method used is descriptive with a cross-sectional design. The sample size was 24 patients with type 2 DM on the Mediterranean diet for one month. Sampling was done by consecutive sampling. Subject characteristics include age, gender, and level of education. The nutritional status examined included Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference. The blood glucose levels checked in this study were fasting blood glucose levels. Most of the subjects were women with a mean age of 55.21 years and high school education level. Nutritional status based on BMI was obtained, namely obesity I, waist circumference obtained by female patients having a waist circumference >80cm and men having a waist circumference >90 cm. The average fasting blood glucose levels were 149.67 mg/dl. The effect of the Mediterranean diet on type 2 DM patients shows that the mean fasting blood glucose levels and nutritional status have not reached normal values. Keywords: Blood glucose levels, Mediterranean Diet, Nutritional status, Type 2 diabetes mellitus Topic: Biomedical Science |
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