Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This article is a valuable guide to dietary guidelines that assist health professionals in Brazil in the implementation of persons with diabetes mellitus. The materials are entirely at the service of health professionals who are not dietitians, in the consequence of adult cause first health care, and are tailored to the dietary guidelines for the Brazilian population.

The systematic recommendations are in accordance with the directives of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.

The work is extremely valuable for both physicians and individuals suffering from Diabetes Mellitus. A protocol for dietary recommendations for a healthy diet and establishing eating habits in diabetics has been validated.

The overall study design is well-structured and precise.

I have a question about whether in selecting Guidelines for the development of protocols for clinical practice they are in line with the Good Clinical Practice - (GCP) norms.

Recommendation: for ease of reading and use of the material in this work, it is a good idea to have a list of abbreviations and acronyms used at the end of the paper.

Author Response

Reviewer 1:

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This article is a valuable guide to dietary guidelines that assist health professionals in Brazil in the implementation of persons with diabetes mellitus. The materials are entirely at the service of health professionals who are not dietitians, in the consequence of adult cause first health care, and are tailored to the dietary guidelines for the Brazilian population.

The systematic recommendations are in accordance with the directives of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.

The work is extremely valuable for both physicians and individuals suffering from Diabetes Mellitus. A protocol for dietary recommendations for a healthy diet and establishing eating habits in diabetics has been validated.

The overall study design is well-structured and precise.

I have a question about whether in selecting Guidelines for the development of protocols for clinical practice they are in line with the Good Clinical Practice - (GCP) norms.

Recommendation: for ease of reading and use of the material in this work, it is a good idea to have a list of abbreviations and acronyms used at the end of the paper.

Answer: We are grateful for your consideration of this manuscript. The select relevant recommendations were carried out by two researchers, considering the target population, the context of primary health care, and the particularities of the disease, in conformity with the AGREE checklist of clinical practice guidelines. To better understating, we clarified the selection process in the Material and Methods section. Please see lines 88-90.

We also added the acronym and abbreviation list at the end of the paper. Please see line 374. 

Reviewer 2 Report

The authors should improve the introduction with other specific references regarding Diabete. 

Author Response

Reviewer 2:

The authors should improve the introduction with other specific references regarding Diabete. 

Answer: We appreciate the suggestion. We modified the improve the introduction to explore more about Diabetes. Please see lines 43-50.

 

Reviewer 3 Report

Table 1. please chronologically

 

Table 3. unreadable 

 

Abstract: to be changed

 

Title: to be changed

 

Numbering in the bibliography is not chronological

Author Response

Reviewer 3:

Table 1. Please chronologically

Answer: We appreciate the suggestion. The expert judges assessed the clarity and relevance of all protocol items at once. The protocol items were disposable in an online questionnaire to the expert judge's assessment in the order they are shown in Table 1. We have added this clarification to the paper. Please see line 228-229.

Table 3. unreadable 

Answer: We rewrote the Table 3 content, please see line 276.

Abstract: to be changed

Answer: Despite the Reviewer did not specify the necessary changes in the abstract, we review and modified it for a better understanding of the readers. Please see lines 14-29.

Title: to be changed

Answer: We review and modified the title for a better understanding of the Reviewer and readers. Please see line 2.

Numbering in the bibliography is not chronological.

Answer: We thank you for your assessment. We revised and corrected the reference list according to the journal's formatting rules.

Reviewer 4 Report

Outstanding for publication

Author Response

Reviewer 4:

Outstanding for publication

Answer: We highly appreciate your comment. Thank you.