Effect of Meal Frequency on Glycemic Control of People at High Risk or Diagnosed With Diabetes

Isocaloric diet with 3 meals in order to maintain volunteers' weight, tailored to individual energy needs, with the same macronutrient composition. The volunteers were free to choose the foods they used to consume before. However, in order to assist them to adapt to the different meal frequency, individualized instructions were given to all volunteers before their entry to the study. An example of a 7-day diet menu was prescribed for both diet programs and analytical food exchange lists of different food groups were also provided.

Isocaloric diet with 6 meals in order to maintain volunteers' weight, tailored to individual energy needs, with the same macronutrient composition. The volunteers were free to choose the foods they used to consume before. However, in order to assist them to adapt to the different meal frequency, individualized instructions were given to all volunteers before their entry to the study. An example of a 7-day diet menu was prescribed for both diet programs and analytical food exchange lists of different food groups were also provided.