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Abstract: Background of the study: Type II diabetes mellitus is called as life style disease as it is more common in people who don't do enough exercise, have an unhealthy diet and obese so it is very important to have a knowledge about prevention and management of type II diabetes mellitus through life style modification like exercise, diet. It also helps in prevention of complications of diabetes mellitus. Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge and attitude of diabetes management. 2. To associate between the level of knowledge and attitude of diabetes management among adults with type II diabetes mellitus with their bio socio demographical variables. Method: A study was conducted by using the descriptive design. The setting of the study was in a selected community area, Harohalli. Sample size of 30 adults with type II diabetes mellitus were selected by probability simple random sampling technique. A proforma for collection of baseline data and structured questionnaire was used to assess the level of knowledge and attitude of diabetes management among adults with type II diabetes mellitus. Results: The findings of the study shows that majority of the samples that is 16(53.3%) had moderate level of knowledge, 14(46.7%) had inadequate level of knowledge of diabetes management. The majority of the samples that is 15(50%) had moderate attitude level 15(50%) had unfavorable attitude level. There was significant association between level of knowledge and attitude of diabetes management with bio socio demographic variables.