Can health promotion model constructs predict nutritional behavior among diabetic patients?

Since, the nutritional behavior is a complicated process in which various factors play the role, this study aimed at specifying the effective factors in nutritional behavior of diabetic patients based on Health Promotion Model. This paper reviews the published articles from 2000 to the beginning of 2012, using the various data banks and search engines such as PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Elsevier, and the key words” perceived benefits and barriers, perceived self‑efficacy, social support, activity related affect, situational influences, commitment to plan of action, immediate competing demands and diabetes, self‑caring and diabetes. Unfavorable self‑care situation especially, inappropriate nutritional behavior is related to some effective modifiable factors. Perceived benefits and self‑efficacy regarding behaviors play a major role in the nutritional behaviors. Social support especially, spouses’ support has a significant role in this regard. Moreover, there is a reverse relationship between perceived barriers and nutritional self‑care. In addition, behavioral feelings, situational influences, commitment to plan of action and immediate competing demands and preferences can also impact and overshadow the nutritional self‑care. Following the relationship between constructs of Health Promotion Model and nutritional behavior the constructs of this model can be utilized as the basis for educational intervention among diabetes.