Abstract: ObjectiveThis study takes the H district of Beijing as the research site and the rural middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients as the research object, to understand the current situation of rural middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients, to sort out and analyze the problems, and to propose measures to improve the unhealthy lifestyle of rural middle-aged and elderly diabetic residents. MethodsThis study adopts a multi-stage stratified sampling method, taking samples of 6 townships in H district, 8 administrative villages in each township, and a total of 768 villagers from 48 administrative villages for questionnaire survey. At the same time, this study collects demographic characteristics, diabetes prevalence, and lifestyle and behavioral habits of the respondents, and conducts univariate analysis and unconditional logistic regression analysis. ResultsAmong the 768 villagers, 204 (28.6%) suffered from diabetes. According to the unconditional logistic regression analysis, low education, overweight and obesity, continuous leisure time of more than 4 h, diet structure based on refined grains, and excessive average daily oil intake lead to an increased risk of diabetes. ConclusionAccording to the eating habits, exercise status and problems of middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients in rural areas, this article proposes to improve health literacy through publicity and education; build a reasonable diet structure in “local resources can feed the local people”; promote scientific exercise time and methods to reduce excessive static behavior that damages health, thereby improving the health of rural residents and effectively preventing diabetes.

Key words: middle-aged and elderly, diabetes, lifestyle