Consumption of fruits, vegetables and salt in the context of control of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Kerala, India

Background: Proper diet is necessary to control hypertension and diabetes. This paper describes the combined fruit and vegetable, and salt intake of adults (>=18 years) who were detected to have hypertension or diabetes. Methods: We analysed the data from a state-wide survey of 12012 adults using...

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Published in:Journal of family medicine and primary care 2021-07, Vol.10 (7), p.2646-2654
Main Authors: Thulaseedharan, Jissa, Sarma, P, Thankappan, Kavumpurath, Soman, Biju, Varma, Ravi, Srinivasan, Kannan, Nair, Manju, Jeemon, Panniyammakkal, Kutty, V
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Language:English
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control
Diabetes therapy
Diet
dietary intake
Evaluation
Fruit
Hypertension
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Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:Background: Proper diet is necessary to control hypertension and diabetes. This paper describes the combined fruit and vegetable, and salt intake of adults (>=18 years) who were detected to have hypertension or diabetes. Methods: We analysed the data from a state-wide survey of 12012 adults using the World Health Organization STEPs for NCD risk factor surveillance. We evaluated the recommended intake of fruit and vegetable (>=5 servings/day) and salt (
ISSN:2249-4863
2278-7135
DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2469_20