Table 3 Eating behavior of adults with type 2 diabetes by domain and item (n = 421)
Dimension with items | Agreement in Likert-scalea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Food selection | ||||
 1. You choose foods that contain low to medium glycemic index in your diet | 19.7 | 21.6 | 40.4 | 18.3b |
 2. You or the person who cooks for you rarely uses saturated fats for cooking | 34.4 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 32.8 |
 3. You eat fruits and vegetables every day | 22.3 | 44.9 | 23.3 | 9.5 |
 4. You avoid salty diet | 5.5 | 10.2 | 29.7 | 54.6 |
 5. You avoid or take alcohol in moderation | 8.6 | 7.8 | 20.4 | 63.2 |
Meal planning | ||||
 6. You understand and able to arrange your right meal plan | 59.6 | 14 | 18.1 | 8.3 |
 7. You understand and able to use plate methods in arranging your meal plan | 65.1 | 20.4 | 12.6 | 1.9 |
 8. You understand and able to use food exchange list in arranging your meal | 56.1 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 5.5 |
 9. You eat a variety of foods in every meal daily | 60.1 | 20.9 | 15.9 | 3.1 |
 10. You eat 3 meals and 3 snacks a day | 30.9 | 41.3 | 22.3 | 5.5 |
 11. You eat meal in the same time every day | 16.4 | 22.1 | 44.9 | 16.6 |
Recognizing amount of calorie needs | ||||
 12. You know and maintain the calorie proportions you should take in each meal | 70.5 | 21.6 | 6.7 | 1.2 |
 13. You weight and measure calorie of foods in each meal | 69.4 | 23.8 | 6.2 | 0.7 |
 14. You consume same amount of food every day | 21.1 | 25.2 | 42.2 | 11.2 |