Diabetes and Ramadan: Practical guidelines 2021

Mohamed Hassanein, Bachar Afandi, Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani, Reem Mohammad Alamoudi, Fatheya Alawadi, Harpreet S. Bajaj, Abdul Basit, Abdullah Bennakhi, Adel A. El Sayed, Osama Hamdy, Wasim Hanif, Abdul Jabbar, Line Kleinebreil, Nader Lessan, Inass Shaltout, Wan Mohamad Wan Bebakar, Elamin Abdelgadir, Sarah Abdo, Ebaa Al Ozairi, Yousef Al SalehMonira Alarouj, Tomader Ali, Abdulrazzaq Ali Almadani, Samir Helmy Assaad-Khalil, Alaaeldin Mohammed K. Bashier, Salem Arifi Beshyah, Mehmet Akif Buyukbese, Tahseen Ahmad Chowdhury, Said Norou Diop, Nancy Samir Elbarbary, Tarik A. Elhadd, Fatimah Eliana, Moez Al Islam Ezzat Faris, Khadija Hafidh, Zanariah Hussein, Hinde Iraqi, Walid Kaplan, Tayyab S. Khan, Kamlesh Khunti, Salma Maher, Rachid Malek, Rayaz A. Malik, Mafauzy Mohamed, Mesbah Sayed Kamel Mohamed, Nazeer Ahmed Mohamed, Sameer Pathan, Fauzia Rashid, Rakesh K. Sahay, Bashir Taha Salih, Mohamad A. Sandid, Shehla Shaikh, Ines Slim, Khaled Tayeb, Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof, Sueziani Binte Zainudin

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Abstract

Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and is obligatory for all healthy Muslims from the age of puberty. Though individuals with some illness and serious medical conditions, including some people with diabetes, can be exempted from fasting, many will fast anyway. It is of paramount importance that people with diabetes that fast are given the appropriate guidance and receive proper care. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Diabetes and Ramadan (DaR) International Alliance have come together to provide a substantial update to the previous guidelines. This update includes key information on fasting during Ramadan with type 1 diabetes, the management of diabetes in people of elderly ages and pregnant women, the effects of Ramadan on one's mental wellbeing, changes to the risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications, and areas of future research. The IDF-DAR Diabetes and Ramadan Practical Guidelines 2021 seek to improve upon the awareness, knowledge and management of diabetes during Ramadan, and to provide real-world recommendations to health professionals and the people with diabetes who choose to fast.

Original languageEnglish
Article number109185
JournalDiabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume185
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2022

Keywords

  • Diabetes
  • Fasting
  • Guidelines
  • Management
  • Ramadan
  • Recommendations
  • Type 1
  • Type 2
  • pre-Ramadan education

Funding Agency

  • Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

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