Diet quality is inversely associated with obesity in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Nutrients are not consumed in isolation in the daily diet.[...]the analysis of dietary patterns of food consumption offers a holistic approach to disease prevention and treatment by addressing the collective health benefits of the whole diet and enhancing the practicality in public education and clinical application [12].[...]each group required 70 to 100 patients.[...]our results suggest that promoting adherence to largely plant-based dietary patterns and reducing energy intake are important for patient education and clinical practice in tackling obesity among Chinese T2D patients.[...]subject recruitment was intentionally based on two distinct, non-continuous BMI ranges rather than on a continuum of BMI to enable potentially greater contrast between the two groups of T2D patients.