evaluating the effect of standard nutrition-exercise on glucose and lipids level on type 2 diabetic patients: an intervention study

Background: diabetes was one of the most important metabolic and public health diseases all over the world. it was the most common endocrine disease caused by metabolic disorders. type 2 diabetes is rapidly progressing in world. the incidence of diabetes is predicted to double in the following 20 years. objectives: the current study was aims to evaluate the effect of standard nutrition and exercise on glucose and lipid levels in diabetic patients. patients and methods: it was an intervention study whose target population is consisting of 120 diabetic patients who had referred to parsian diabetes research center. sampling size has been non-randomly selected. mean and standard deviation are quantitative data applied in this study. t-test and independent sample t-test have been respectively utilized to compare changes within and between the groups. the amount of p-value has been calculated less than 0.05 which indicates statistical significance. results: the achieved findings shows that glucose level has significantly decreased in experiment group using a pretest-posttest design (p < 0.05). conclusions: eight-week standard nutrition and regular exercise have significant effect on decrease of glucose level, insulin resistance and plasma lipoproteins. it is suggested to apply these programs in diabetes centers.