Dietary attitude of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Sami, Waqas, Alabdulwahhab, Khalid M., Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid, Alasbali, Tariq A., Al Alwadani, Fahd, Mohammad Shakil, Ahmad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: QP Physiology; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30420/1/Dietary%20attitude%20of%20adults%20with%20type%202%20diabetes.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30420/; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020091; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56020091
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Background and objectives: There is a paucity of literature on the dietary attitude (DA) of patients with type 2 diabetes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Although the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is high in Gulf countries, there remains a lack of understanding of the importance of diet...