Evaluation of the relationship between mediterranean diet, emotional appetite and metabolic control parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes

The study was conducted to examine the relationship between Mediterranean diet compliance, emotional appetite and metabolic control parameters in adult individuals diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The study was conducted with 101 Type 2 diabetes patients aged between 19-64 years who applied to Private Olbamed Hospital Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic between November 2019 and February 2020. General characteristics, health status, nutritional habits, anthropometric measurements and biochemical parameters of the individuals were recorded in the questionnaire form. Mediterranean Diet Compliance Scale was used to evaluate the compliance of individuals to the Mediterranean diet. The Emotional Appetite Questionnaire was used to evaluate the emotional appetite. International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to evaluate physical activity states. The average age of the patients participating in the study is 55.1±7.23 years. In the study, %3 of women showed low adaptation, %70.1 of women showed a medium adaptation and % 26.9 of women showed a high adaptation to the Mediterranean diet. %2.9 of the men showed low adaptation, %64.7 showed a medium adaptation and %32.4 showed a high adaptation to the Mediterranean diet. There was no statistically significant difference between Mediterranean diet compliance with biochemical parameters and anthropometric measurements (p>0.05). According to the Emotional Appetite Questionnaire; positive emotion and state scores of male patients (44.0±6.25, 40.8±7.32, respectively) were higher than the female patients and this was found statistically significant (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between gender and negative emotion and state scores (p>0.05). There was no statistically significant relationship between emotional appetite and the anthropometric measurements and biochemical parameters (p>0.05). In conclusion, more studies are needed to evaluate the Mediterranean diet as a nutritional therapy approach in Type 2 diabetes patients and psychological side of nutrition should be taken into account.