(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2022-08-29) PALHETA, Rayelly Cíntia Ataíde; GOMES, Daniela Lopes; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0014255351015569; FELÍCIO, João Soares; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8482132737976863
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a disease with high prevalence worldwide, representing
about 90 to 95% of all diabetes mellitus (DM) cases, resulting from increased peripheral insulin
resistance associated with a deficient insulin secretion, which may remain undiagnosed for
years. Nutritional care in T2DM is essential in the treatment of the disease, being able to
improve glycemic control and to reduce glycated hemoglobin in a range of 1% to 2%.
Therefore, it is essential to know nutritional strategies to patients with diabetes, in order to reach
an adequate glycemic control through individualized treatment. Thus, this work objectives to
develop a nutritional protocol based on a rapid review in Pubmed and LILACS databases,
searching for up-to-date references with a high level of scientific evidence, in addition to the
guidelines of the main scientific national and international diabetes societies. We also rely on
the authors' clinical experience and publications on nutritional therapy in T2DM, in order to
create didactic and objective flowcharts for glycemic, lipid and blood pressure control, as well
as for weight loss in T2DM, which aim to help health professionals in the approaching of these
patients, as for the primary health care scenarios, as well as for the secondary and tertiary levels.
