The Association between the Parents' Knowledge of Carbohydrate Counting and the Glycaemic Control of the Children with Type 1 Diabetes

• Main Authors: Priyanga Ranasinghe (Author), Vidarsha Rajini Senadeera (Author), Rashmi Senarathna (Author), Uththara Sapurnika (Author), Vindhya Ramanayake (Author), Ranil Jayawardena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Medical nutritional therapy is an important component of type 1 diabetes (T1D) care in children and carbohydrate counting is one such method. We aimed to evaluate the knowledge of carbohydrate counting among parents of children with T1D from Sri Lanka and study its association with the c...