Objective:

To determine the average daily intake of macronutrients and their adequacy with recommendations in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods:

Cross-sectional study in 131 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. To determine the macronutrient intake was performed through a semiquantitative questionnaire offrequency of food consumption. The adjustment was made according to the recommendations of the mexican population. A comparison of means, medians, for two and for more than two independent samples was made.

Results:

70.2 % and 29.8 % were women and men respectively. 87 % of the subjects were overweight. The energy intake of each nutrient was HC (58 %), protein (14.8 %) and lipids (29 %), there was only adequate consumption by the participants of: HC in 49.6 %, AGS 35.9 %, and fiber 23.8 %. In addition, men consume more cholesterol than women (p = 0.003), as well as women were more compliant with recommendations than men for consumption of this nutrient (p = 0.010).

Conclusions:

Due to the low proportion of subjects who presented adequate fiber intake, and taking into account that the consumption of this improved metabolic control, it is necessary to improve the follow-up of nutritional therapy, since this depends largely on glycemic control, and with this to prevent or delay the appearance of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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