Short Communication
Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume: 9 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 75-78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220611
Medical Nutrition Therapy for Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: New Perspectives
Balaji Vijayama, Taarika Balajib, Madhuri S Balajia, Seshiah Veerasamyaa, Vinoth Kumar Ganesanc
aDepartment of Diabetology, Dr. V Balaji Diabetes Care and Research Institute,
Aminjikarai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
bDepartment of Medicine, Saveetha Institute of Technical and Medical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
cDepartment of Medical Research, Dr. V Balaji Diabetes Care and Research Institute, Aminjikarai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Corresponding Author: Balaji Vijayam
ABSTRACT
The most prevalent metabolic and endocrine perinatal issue is gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which is an increasing health problem worldwide. The first line of treatment for GDM and T2DM is nutritional therapy and physical activity. Nutrition therapy that successfully regulates maternal glycemia while boosting projected foetal growth has a wide range of principles. Meanwhile, nutritional supplements with established positive benefits can help patients improve their deficits and metabolic profiles. Both food treatment and medical diet therapy have been increasingly used in medical nutrition therapy in recent years, and the concepts of their clinical application are explained in this paper.
Keywords: Gestational diabetes mellitus; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; medical nutrition therapy; physical activity.
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