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The aim of this study was to analyze the social representations of the diets 34 patients of the Brazilian public primary care service diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with DM2, according to how they represent
their identity. Free association of words was used with responses to questions to survey social representations of food. Representations of identity were adopted from a previous study with the same participants.
Normal participants eat healthily, eat little, eat greens and vegetables, avoid sweets, have positive attitudes, and maintain healthy eating habits and regular blood glucose levels. Participants who accept having the disease do not eat a lot, do not eat everything, avoid sweets, have an attitude of acceptance, and maintain inadequate eating habits and uncontrolled blood glucose. Participants with difficulties do not eat everything, do not eat a lot, do not follow the diet and eat vegetables and fruits, and have negative attitudes and altered blood glucose.
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Diabetes Health care primary Illness and disease chronic Self-care
Citation
Amorim, Maria Marta Amancio; Ramos, Natália; Gazzinelli, Maria Flavia - Social representations of feeding people with diabetes mellitus. In Top 10 [Em linha]: contributions on diabetes. [S.l.]: Avid Science, 2018. ISBN 978-93-88170-06-2. Cap. 2, p. 2-27