Food & Nutrition

Arab Journal of Food & Nutrition
31. Dietary Evaluation of Diabetic Diet and Its Association with Plasma Lipids
and Lipoproteins in a Group of Patients with Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Mellitus in Jordan (1998)
Dima Salem Bader\ University of Jordan
Supervisor: Dr. Mousa Numan Ahmad
Dietary, biochemical and anthropometric variables were studied in 102 (52 males
and 50 females) insulin-dependent diabetic subjects aged 11-22 years in Jordan, and
the correlations between those variables were analyzed.
The daily energy intakes of males and females were 2288±92 Kcal and 1610±74
Kcal, respectively. There were no significant differences between boys and girls with
respect to the % of energy from protein, carbohydrates and fats which provided 15%,
50% and 35% respectively. Boys had significantly higher intakes of cholesterol than
girls, being 338±22 mg and 210±16 mg, respectively (P