Endocrine Abstracts

Dietary and physical activity lifestyle change remain key components in the management of type 2 diabetes. With dietary factors being of paramount importance. Despite this there remains controversy and confusion on which dietary method or pattern is the most effective in the management of a person’s glycaemia and weight, meaning that patients and clinicians struggle on which way to turn. This session will briefly examine the current dietary guidelines for type 2 diabetes. What is the best dietary approach? Should a low carbohydrate diets be the primary dietary option for those with type 2 diabetes. In addition with calls that diabetes remission should now be an outcome target for those with recently diagnosed diabetes, what dietary options are available to achieve this? And finally linking with new evidence within the field.