Diabetes Treatment - Diet Guidelines in Children-Type 1,2

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Ms. Monica Adhikari
Senior Dietician in Pediatric,
Sheffield Children's Hospital, UK

Treating diabetes

Most children with diabetes will be treated by combination of insulin and a balanced diet, with the recommendation of regular physical activity.
The diet for children with diabetes is based on balanced diet and variety in the diet.

Foods can be divided into five main food groups.

To eat the balanced diet the child should be aiming to eat food from all these groups in right proportion (as shown in the chart below)

	Cereal Group	Vegetable and fruit Group	Milk and dairy Group	Meat, fish and alternatives	Foods containing Fat and Sugar
What is included	Bread Potato, sweet potato, yam (suran) Bhakri or rotla (Bajra, Jowar or rice flour) Rice Dhalia (broken wheat) Rava (suji) Rice-flakes (poha) Chapatti or paratha Noodles	All fresh fruit and vegetables including leafy vegetables and dried fruits	Milk, cheese and yoghurts (Dahi)	Chicken Fish Mutton Nuts Beans, pulses/dal Soya beans or Nutrella granules.	Butter Oil Ghee Cream Chocolates Cakes Wafers / crisps Ice cream Pastries
Main nutrients	Carbohydrates (starch) Fibre Some calcium and iron B vitamins	Vitamin C Vitamin A Folates Fibre	Calcium Protein Vitamin B12 Vitamin A & D	Iron- Proteins B Vitamins especially B12 Zinc Magnesium (moderate amounts)	Fat provide some essential fatty acids.
Recommen- dations	Eat a lot of them Helps to maintain blood glucose levels Try to avoid: frying them too often e.g.: potato chips, puri. Or applying too much ghee or oil or butter on bread, chapatti, rice or paratha.	Eat a lot of them To Avoid: adding too much oil or ghee while making vegetables and to avoid adding sugar to fruits.	Children should have at least 500ml milk in whole day. Milk could be in form of yoghurts, milkshakes.	To be included in each meal. At least have 2 servings in whole day. 1 serving=1 katori of curry with chicken or dal or 1 katori of pulses or 1 egg or handful of nuts.	Should be included everyday but in small amounts. All sugary foods should incorporated along with meals or before physical activities when extra energy is required.

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