Diabetes Mellitus (DM) can be defined as a disorder of multiple etiologies resulting from defects and ineffectiveness of insulin secreted by the pancreas causing insulin resistance. Non-drug treatment includes some strategies, such as: lifestyle change and eating habits. This study aimed to highlight through a literature review the benefits of diet therapy for patients with diabetes mellitus. This is an integrative literature review, for its construction we used the following databases: Scielo, VHL and Google academic. The study was able to show that the proper and balanced dietary treatment, with fiber-rich legume consumption, allows further improvements in glycemic control, insulin resistance, lipid profile, among others. It was also observed that individuals with healthy eating habits had a lower risk of diabetes mellitus-associated diseases when compared to patients with unhealthy eating practices.
Assessment of nutritional status, functional capacity and presence of dementia in elderly institutionalized persons of caxias-ma.Evaluación del estado nutricional, capacidad funcional y presencia de demencia en ajustes institucionalizados de cajones-ma.
ABSTRACTObjectives: To evaluate the nutritional status, functional capacity and dementia presence of elderly institutionalized in Caxias-MA. Method: Cross-sectional observational study of 10 elderly residents of a long-stay institution in Caxias, Brazil, aged 60 and over, of both sexes. An application of a questionnaire administered to the elderly and caregivers working at the institution was carried out, related to the social, demographic and anthropometric measures, functional capacity, identification and classification of the stage of dementia. The data analyzes were performed in the statistical program SPSS for Windows, version 18.0. Results: It was verified that 70.0% of the volunteers were female, and that this majority had inadequate BMI, presenting a degree of thinness (60.0%). Functional and cognitive capacity analyzes, as well as research on the presence of institutionalized dementia, show that 70.0% of the interviewees had a modified dependency of 50.0% and 80.0% had mild cognitive impairment. Conclusion: There are few studies related to the subject, with little information on the relationship between nutritional assessment and functional capacity and the presence of dementia in the elderly. Therefore, there is a need for more studies on the subject in question to care of the elderly population.
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