Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus and Meal Consumption Frequency

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic health problem that continues to threaten human health. Nutrition plays an important role in the etiology of this disease. In addition to the nutrient content consumed, the frequency of meals also affects this disease in many ways. Studies have shown that different eating frequency patterns can increase or decrease the need for food consumption by changing the feelings of hunger-satiety and the levels of some hormones that regulate these sensations. Due to this effect, body weight may increase or decrease and type 2 diabetes can be triggered indirectly. Changing meal frequencies may show this effect directly in individuals with type 2 diabetes through blood parameters associated with the disease or indirectly through body weight and appetite. The purpose of this review is to provide information about the relationship between meal frequency and diabetes, taking into account the complex disease process in type 2 diabetes, and to bring together studies that examine this relationship.