Buena Alimentacion, Buena Salud: A preventive nutrition intervention in Caribbean Latinos with type 2 diabetes

Abstract

A culturally sensitive 3-month intervention was provided to 18 Caribbean Latino men and women with non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus. Compared to the randomly assigned control group, the intervention group showed statistically significant decreases in total calories, fat calories, percent of calories from fat, saturated fat calories, and percent of calories from saturated fat. The intervention group showed increases in calories from carbohydrates and in the percent of calories from fiber.