O nível de conhecimento dos diabéticos sobre a doença e a dificuldade de adesão ao tratamento nutricional

Abstract

The change in lifestyle of a diabetic patient is strongly influenced by comprehensive knowledge about the disease. The diabetic person experiences feelings and behaviors that hinder the achievement and following the diet. In this literature review was carried out a thorough and comprehensive analysis of current publications (last 10 years) of the proposed topic through magazines, periodicals, books, theses, books, and electronic databases (Lilacs, Medline and Scielo). People with diabetes have knowledge of: 1) the diet; 2) amount of set meals; 3) mealtimes to be followed; 4) consumption of vegetables, sweeteners, candy, carbohydrate, and report that the factors influencing the diet of membership are: 1) social, cultural, emotional, family and financial. In conclusion, diabetics showed that have a satisfactory knowledge of the disease, but some aspects influence enough to join the new eating behavior.