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. 2018 Jul 16;13(7):e0200681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200681

Table 4. Dietary components in studies and guidelines on prevention of T2D in South Asian adults.

Studies1: DH!AAN [13]2 DPM [26]
DPP [27]2
Dutta et al. 2014 [28]
Hurst et al. 2010 [30]
IDPP-1[16]
Ramachandran et al. 2013 [25]
IDPP-2 [36]2
InnvaDiab-DE-PLAN [33] Islam et al. 2016 [37] Patel et al. 2017 [38] PODOSA [17]2 RICE [34] Thirunavukkarasu et al. 2017 [39] AAPI Guide [46] Apnee Sehat [45] FHC [47] Misra et al. 2011 [48]
Other trials or guidelines referred to [4951] [41] [41] [11, 52] [11, 53, 54] [11, 55, 56]
Any nutrients and foods components specified N,F N,F N,F N,F N,F N N, F N,F N,F F N,F N,F N,F N,F
Specific nutrients and foods:
Protein N,F N,F N N,F
Fat N F N N,F N N,F F N N,F N,F N,F
Carbohydrates N N N N,F
Sugar F N N,F N,F N,F F N N,F N,F
Salt N N N N,F N N,F N,F
Cholesterol N N
Vitamins and minerals N N N N N
Fibre N N N N N N N
Fruits F F F F F F F F F
Vegetables F F F F F F F F F F F
Whole grains F F F F F F F F
Cereal and grains F F F F
Legumes F F F F F F F
Low GI foods F
Alcohol F F
Nuts F F F F
Meat F F
Fish F F F
Dairy F F
Dilute juices & choose fresh F
Cucumber instead of boondi raita F
Pickles and char alternatives F
Replace chevda with popcorn F
Any patterns specified P P P P P P P P
Specific patterns:
Portion sizes P P P P P P
Eat breakfast P P P
Cooking methods P P
Vegetarian diet P P
Salt P P
Iron absorption P
Balanced meals P P P P P
Timing of meals P P P
Limit eating out P P
Energy deficit (500-600kcals/day) P

N, F or P indicates that a component was formulated for the nutrient, food (a certain product) or pattern respectively. A more extended table is provided in the supplementary data (S4 Table).

1Studies in which the same components were recommended are shown in a combined column for reasons of space.

2Study leaders provided additional information on components.