Exercise Type and Frequency, Diet Conformity, and Medication Adherence Are Captured in Patients with Type 2 DM

This cross-sectional study investigates the relationships between exercise behaviors, dietary adherence, and medication use in 69 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) recruited from hospitals in Iraq, where in our study Participants were primarily middle-aged adults (40-69 years), with a predominance of females (56.5%) and married individuals (78.3%) as well as Data on exercise type and weekly frequency, diet conformity, and anti-diabetic medication usage were collected through interviews and questionnaires, the finding were showed varied exercise engagement, with aerobic activities linked to higher frequency, highlighting exercise's role in glycemic control also found Dietary adherence correlated positively with the number of oral hypoglycemic drugs taken, suggesting interaction between lifestyle and pharmacotherapy so concloude from this paper polypharmacy was negatively associated with patients' self-assessed general health. These findings emphasize the importance of integrating personalized lifestyle modifications with optimized medication regimens to enhance adherence and health outcomes in T2DM management.