Nutrition therapy for the child and adolescent with Type I diabetes mellitus.

The author enumerates the objectives of nutritional instruction and therapy for the child with diabetes mellitus and examines some of the principles upon which this therapy is based. Also discussed are the methods used to formulate meal plans, stressing the fact that instruction and counseling in nutritional principles is a continuous process that must be enthusiastically supported by the pediatrician and the physician who follows the diabetic patient during adult life.