Study looks at impact of nutritional intervention in persons with diabetes in four zones of Greater Chennai Corporation
The study aims to provide nutritional advice to promote healthy eating, specifically focusing on reducing direct sugar intake and increasing the consumption of protein, healthy fats and complex carbohydrates
A study among persons with diabetes in four zones of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is looking at how educating them on nutrition could keep their blood sugar level under control and how self-care practices could help them in managing diabetes.

The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), in collaboration with the GCC, has launched the study - “Effectiveness of low carbohydrate diet versus standard diet in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A C-RCT” - in Urban Primary Health Centres in Tondiarpet (zone IV), Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar (zone VI), Valasarvakkam (zone XI) and Adyar (zone XII) zones. The one-year-long research is being conducted as a cluster randomised controlled trial.