Individualized Diets for Diabetic Patients
- FRANK Q. NUTTALL, M.D., Ph.D.;
- MELINDA DOWNIE MARYNIUK, R.D., M.Ed.; and
- MILDRED KAUFMAN, R.D., M.S.
Abstract
A flexible system for diet education and meal planning for diabetic patients is presented. Although this program may be accomplished by interested, knowledgeable physicians, it is best done by a diet counselor (registered dietitian or nurse educator). Nevertheless, physicians should be intimately involved by discussing the patient's progress with the diet counselor and by providing reinforcement of the efforts of the counselor.
Article and Author Information
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▸From the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the College of Health Related Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Annotated bibliographies referencing printed and nonprinted sources of diabetes and nutrition information and professionals are available to the practitioner by writing: National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse; Westwood Building, Room 603; Bethesda, MD 20205.
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▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Frank Q. Nuttall, M.D., Ph.D.; Chief, Metabolic-Endocrine Section, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 54th Street and 48th Avenue South; Minneapolis, MN 55417.
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