Precision nutrition for type 2 diabetes in Benin: leveraging linear goal programming to optimize diets with emphasis on adequacy, affordability, accessibility, and culture.

Background: Nutrition and diet are critical to managing Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Low-income households often face challenges maintaining a healthy and balanced diet due to food insecurity, availability, and cost. To address this issue, we used a linear goal programming (LGP) model to develop nutritionally adequate, affordable, accessible, and culturally acceptable diets for persons with T2D in Benin, a French-speaking sub-Saharan country.

[Prevalence and complications of gestational diabetes in women followed in Parakou maternities].

Introduction: The study was initiated to determine the prevalence and the complications of gestational diabetes in women attending Parakou maternities clinics in 2015.

Methods: This study was longitudinal, descriptive and analytical. The study population consists of women with gestational diabetes in Parakou maternities wards.

Tuberculosis prevalence and associated factors among persons with diabetes mellitus after intensified case finding in three West African countries.

Background: To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and associated factors in persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) in Benin, Guinea and Senegal.

Patients And Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the largest DM center in each country. Participants systematically underwent clinical screening and chest radiography.

[Perceptions and practices of people with diabetes to diabetes mellitus at the Centre National University Hospital Hubert Maga Koutoucou Cotonou].

Objectives: The study was initiated to assess patient knowledge about diabetes mellitus, identify food claims and finally to identify the daily practices.

Materiel And Methods: The study was sectional and descriptive. The study population consists of diabetic seen in CNHU-HKM the outpatient Cotonou.