Objective: The main objective of this study is to find out the benefits of physical exercise, impact of nutrition education and to study the existing dietary pattern and nutrient intake of selected NIDDM patients. Method: The survey on diabetic patients indicates that incidence of diabetes is predominant in male than females. 54% of the subjects had a positive family history with either a single parent (24%) both the parents (10%) or in sibling (22%). Results: The results of the present study indicated the 68% of the subjects were not pursuing any kind of physical activity, but due to nutrition education there was a significant improvement (P≤0.01). Walking was done by 32% of the subjects before nutrition education for a period of 15-30 minutes but the percentage significantly increased to 72% after nutrition education and the time increased from 30 min to 1 hour. 28% started doing stretch exercises after nutrition education. 65% of the subjects were often mentally tense but counseling resulted in a significant decrease (P≤0.05) to 30%. 30% of the subjects slept for 6-8 hours which significantly (P≤0.01) increased to 66% after counseling. Twenty four percent of the subjects watched religious based programmes on television and after counseling the percentage significantly (P≤0.01) increased to 56%. The present study will help in fixing the new diet pattern for diabetes patients. © 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.