[Relationship between nutrition factors and glycemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To identify nutritional factors that affected the glycemic control of the studied population.

Subjects And Methods: One hundred forty-six children and adolescents, aged 7 to 19 years, followed-up at the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology of the Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais participated in the study.The diet of each participant was evaluated by means of a Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire, previously validated in a pilot-project.