Epidemiology: High Protein Diet and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Epidemiology: High Protein Diet and the Risk of Type 2
Diabetes
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Methods...........................................................................................................................................3
Results..............................................................................................................................................5
Discussion........................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
Reference List................................................................................................................................12
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Introduction
Rationale
“Type 2 diabetes” is one of the most prevalent “chronic disorders” throughout the world, which
is causing high mortality and morbidity through different countries, in spite of the age groups
and other demographic factors. However, the aged people are mostly affected, as this chronic
disorder enhances the risk of other related chronic disorders, including cardiovascular disease,
kidney disease as well as psychological issues (Markova et al., 2017). Although medications for
glucose control regimen are well established for the disorder, healthcare professionals are more
relying upon life style management for enhancing the “quality of life” of the patients
experiencing “type 2 diabetes”, which also helps to reduce risk factors related to it. In such
context, diet takes a crucial part in management of the patient experiencing the disease as well as
the person having high risk of developing the same (Beasley and Wylie-Rosett, 2013). Several
studies have highlighted that high protein diet, especially the diet rich with animal fat, are more
prone to enhance risk of the disease and related comorbidities, thereby worsening the condition.
This is the reason for conducting the following literature review, which will help to explore the
existing evidences, supporting or critiquing the issue.
Objectives
The objective for the current literature review is to “understand the impact of high protein diet on
increased risk of type 2 diabetes”. In this context, the key research question would be answered
in the systematic literature review is as follows.
 Is the high protein diet increasing risk for type 2 diabetes patient compared to other
dietary regimen? A systematic review
Methods
Eligibility criteria
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The following systematic review is going include existing literatures from the reliable sources,
including the authentic online databases. The articles would be selected, based on the eligibility r
selection criteria. The key selection criteria for the inclusion of articles are as follows:
 Studies having a title matched with the selected study topic
 Studies published within last 10 years
 Studies published in universal language only (English)
 Studies, which are available in its full length version
 Studies having a well – defined PICOS question
 Studies having a full view of publication status
The above eligible criteria has been used as these criteria would help the author to select the
most recent and relevant articles, required for answering the research question.
Information sources
Initially, the resources have been searched through different online databases. However,
analyzing the authenticity and relevance, the key information, i.e. the key literatures have been
searched from the Victoria University Library, Pubmed, Medline and Google scholars, which are
the most relevant and authentic online databases for searching relevant articles. Search has been
done through 2 days, from 14th April 2019 to 15th April 2019 (Van Nielen et al., 2014).
Search
From all the databases the articles have been collected included in review, upon following the
PRISMA method (Moher et al., 2015). Initially, while searching on Google scholar, the primary
and secondary search terms have been used. The key search terms include “type 2 diabetes,
protein diet and type 2 diabetes, risk of high protein diet for type 2 diabetes patient, high protein
diet and risk of type 2 diabetes”. The articles matched with the search terms were initially
aligned with the eligibility criteria and then reviewed by the titles and later reviewed by
abstracts. The final selection of articles has been included in the literature review.
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