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The Diabetes Diet: Making a Healthy Eating Plan

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Diabetes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 1525

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Roberta Masella

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Gender-Specific Prevention and Health Unit, Centre for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: nutrition; diet; Mediterranean diet; obesity; diabetes; gender
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Dr. Massimo D'Archivio

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Gender-Specific Prevention and Health Unit, Centre for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: nutrients; metabolism

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide, making it one of the fastest-growing international health emergencies of the 21st century. Diabetes that is not well managed can have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality, serving as a risk factor for stroke, renal dysfunction, leg amputation, cardiovascular diseases, loss of vision, and neuropathy. Strategies for managing diabetes often include regular physical activity, smoking cessation, maintaining a healthy body weight, and a healthy diet. Diet is vital to diabetes management, as it helps control blood sugar levels, reduce complications, and enhance overall health. Given the importance of nutrition in preventing and managing diabetes and its consequences, we require a deeper and more accurate understanding of how to create the best dietary plans and the mechanisms that make healthy diets effective.

The aim of this Special Issue on "The Diabetes Diet: Making a Healthy Eating Plan" is to highlight novel findings that help define optimal eating plans, considering macro/micronutrients and fibre, as well as gender differences, to manage diabetes and its clinical complications.

This Special Issue welcomes contributions to this topic, and recommended reviews, original articles, brief reports, and communications are encouraged.

Dr. Roberta Masella
Dr. Massimo D'Archivio
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • diabetes
  • diabetes management
  • diet
  • nutrition
  • dietary plans
  • macronutrients
  • micronutrients
  • fibres
  • gender differences

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SNAP Participation as a Moderator of Food and Nutrition Security and Combined Cardiometabolic Conditions: A Mixed Regression Approach
by Maha Almohamad, Ruosha Li, Natalia I. Heredia, Jayna M. Dave, Eric E. Calloway, Anjail Sharrief and Shreela V. Sharma
Nutrients 2025, 17(3), 576; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17030576 - 5 Feb 2025
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Objectives: To examine the relationships between food security, nutrition security, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation, and cardiometabolic outcomes, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or diabetes, among low-income U.S. individuals. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 486 participants (April–June 2021) assessed food and nutrition [...] Read more.
Objectives: To examine the relationships between food security, nutrition security, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation, and cardiometabolic outcomes, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or diabetes, among low-income U.S. individuals. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 486 participants (April–June 2021) assessed food and nutrition security and cardiometabolic outcomes. Mixed-effects logistic regression models adjusted for covariates and included a random effect for state of residence. Moderation analyses evaluated SNAP participation’s impact. Results: Very low food security was associated with higher odds of having at least one cardiometabolic condition, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or diabetes (AOR = 1.96; 95% CI: 1.04–3.69; p = 0.04). SNAP moderated this relationship (p-interaction = 0.007), with non-participants experiencing significantly higher risk. Non-SNAP participants with very low food security had 3.17 (95% CI = 1.17–8.61) times higher odds of having a cardiometabolic condition. Among SNAP participants, very low food security was not significantly associated with having a cardiometabolic condition (OR = 1.62; 95% CI = 0.64–4.13). Higher nutrition security was associated with lower odds of having at least one cardiometabolic condition (AOR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.41–0.83; p = 0.002). Conclusions: Nutrition security and SNAP participation mitigate cardiometabolic risks, underscoring their importance in public health interventions. Full article
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