Nutrition management of type 2 diabetes by primary care physicians - Reported use and barriers

A survey was mailed to a probability sample of primary care physicians in I ndiana to assess their use of and barriers to nutritional therapy for patie nts with type 2 diabetes. Most (62%) primary care physicians reported refer ring their type 2 diabetes patients for nutrition counseling, while 38% rep orted providing counseling themselves. patient-centered barriers were most frequently cited as reasons for poor effectiveness of nutrition therapy. Th is differs from previous research that cites system-level factors as barrie rs.