People with type 2 diabetes who eat less healthy foods are more likely to be overweight or have high blood sugar than those who eat healthier.

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Low diet quality is associated with adverse levels of metabolic health markers and clustering of risk factors in adults with type 2 diabetes.

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2023 Feb

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Low diet quality is associated with adverse levels of metabolic health markers and clustering of risk factors in adults with type 2 diabetes.

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DOI: 10.1111/jhn.13020

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In adults with type 2 diabetes, low diet quality, as measured by the Healthy Eating Index-2015, is associated with higher odds of overweight/obesity and hyperglycemia compared to high diet quality, suggesting that poor dietary patterns may contribute to worse metabolic control in this population.

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