Dietary Habits and Exercise Behavior of Type -2 Diabetics

A study was conducted to know the dietary pattern and exercise behaviour of type-2 diabetics (n=50) using pretested schedule. More than half the diabetics had no family history of disorder. Most of the diabetics were on allopathic medicines (96%). The routine meal pattern was three meals and one snack, followed by three meals. The common foods restricted were those rich in sugar, fats and oils and fruits rich in sugar. Millets, cereal rotis and porridge, bitter gourd and vegetables were the special foods included for diabetes. Indigenous hypoglycemic foods such as fenu greek seeds, Jamun seeds, ‘ekanayakam’ roots and bitter gourd juice were consumed. Smoking (14.29 %) and drinking alcohol (47.62 %) were the vices seen in male diabetics. Half the diabetics (53.57%) had initiated exercise less than a year back. Walking was the main form of exercise (92.86%) followed by swimming and yogasana (7.69% each)

Biology · Bitter gourd · Diabetes mellitus · Gourd · Meal · Momordica · Obesity · Sugar · Traditional medicine · Type 2 diabetes · Mangiferin and Mango Extracts · Medicine · Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies · Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment · Endocrinology · Food Science · Internal Medicine