Comparative analysis of diabetic patients for their nutritional status

Review Article

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a major concern today all over the world due to major health consequences. It has increased to 150% since 2010. Major contributory factors are ageing population, sedentary lifestyle and weight gain. Besides this, timely detection of the problem is not done. In the present study, a collective data of 30 patients was taken and their anthropometry, biochemical data, clinical signs and symptoms and dietary recall was used to assess their nutritional status. Diabetes was found to be associated with other co-morbidities also such as hypertension, anaemia, chronic kidney disease, and thrombocytopenia. Besides delay in treatment outcome of other co-morbid conditions, Diabetes can also deteriorate the nutritional status of a person, their dietary intake and overall quality of life.