Objective: To evaluate the consumption of total fats and saturated, unsaturated and trans fatty acids by diabetic patients treated at the Diabetes and Hypertension Center of the Federal University of Pelotas. Method: cross-sectional study with type 2 diabetic patients, over 18 years old, of both sexes, performed between the months of March and June of 2018. Secondary data obtained through the charts of the pati...