To assess the health status among male and female type 2-diabetic patients

Abstract

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that prevents the body to utilize glucose completely or partially. People are greater risk of diabetes due to improper dietary practice, unhealthy life style, lack of physical exercise. The present study was conducted to assess the health status among male and female diabetic patients. multistage stratified sampling technique was used for selecting 100 samples in both male and females and an interviewed scheduled was evolved to collect information regarding socio-economic profile, dietary pattern etc. dietary intake between male and females diabetic was very highly significant but age, BMI, Nutrients Intake etc. between male and females diabetic were insignificant. Consumption of high carbohydrates, fat diet was revealed as the major contributing cause of disease in both male and females.