Dietary Guidance for Women with a History of Diabetes Mellitus or Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Using a Model Nutritional Balanced Chart Program

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463392
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare
• Principal Investigator: Satoh Atsuko 弘前医療福祉大学, 保健学部, 教授 (20320608)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 栄養バランス / GDM / 標準モデル栄養バランス表ソフト / 自己評価 / 肥満 / 自己コントロール

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Model Balance Nutrition Chart (MNBC; patent no. 4987042) was used to analyze the characteristics of food intake frequency in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Women with GDM (6 subjects) ate more sugary items in the first trimester than pregnant women who were simply overweight (12 subjects, p＜0.05). From one month after giving birth, six women with a history of GDM (intervention group) recorded the contents of their meals on the MNBC themselves and conducted self-evaluation of the nutritional balance once per month for one year. In the intervention group, HbA1c levels were stable, at 5.7±0.2% before intervention and 5.5±0.2% after intervention. HbA1c levels in the control group consisting of six subjects indicated borderline diabetes, at 5.5±0.2% and 6.0±0.2%.

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