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A Community-Based, Dietician-Led Nutrition Education Intervention to Improve Glycemic Control in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in an Underserved Urban Community

R. M. Gorczynski S. Zarghami

Jul 2026 · medRxiv · 0 citations

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A pilot study summed over both cohorts support the hypothesis that additional dietitian-led nutrition education synergizes with conventional pharmaceutical therapy to improve diabetic control as gauged by improved FBS, A1c and UACR, implying a significant role for this combined approach to community based diabetic health care.

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