Diabetes Mellitus Collaborative Care
- Goals of diabetes management:
- Reduce symptoms
- Promote well-being
- Prevent acute complications
- Delay onset and progression of long-term complications
Nutritional Therapy
- Overall objectives
- Assist people in making changes in nutrition and exercise habits that will lead to
improved metabolic control - Control of total caloric intake to attain or maintain a reasonable body weight, control
of blood glucose levels, and normalization of lipids and blood pressure to prevent heart
disease.
Nutrition, meal planning, and weight control are the foundation of diabetes
management.