Vegetable Intake in People With Type 2 Diabetes

The purpose of this study was to quantify vegetable intake in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), identify influencing factors, and determine whether intake was associated with hemoglobin A 1c (HbA 1c ). Adults with T2DM (n = 50) completed a vegetable intake survey, supplemented with data from a parent study. Total vegetable intake was not significantly associated with HbA 1c . Intake met recommendations (34%) more than the national average (9.3%; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017) and was significantly associated with length of T2DM diagnosis ( B [SE] = 0.611 [0.287]; P < .05) and vegetable variety. Counseling sooner after diagnosis to increase variety could improve diet quality but by itself may not affect HbA 1c .