Transcultural Diabetes Nutrition Algorithm

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,New York, NY 10029, USA; E-Mail: jeffreymechanick@gmail.com* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: fmoura.pe@gmail.com;Tel.: +55-81-31841200.Received: 10 March 2015 / Accepted: 17 July 2015 / Published: 1 September 2015Abstract: The prevalence of obesity, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingworldwide, especially in the developing nations of South America. Brazil has experiencedan exponential increase in the prevalence of these chronic non-communicable diseases.The rising prevalence is probably due to changing eating patterns, sedentary living, and aprogressive aging of the population. These trends and their underlying causes carry untowardconsequences for all Brazilians and the future of Brazilian public health and the healthcare