The paper takes PubMed database as the data source, conducts visualized analysis on the literatures in the field of international diabetes health promotion in recent decade through the bibliometric method, explores the annual literature publication situation in this field, core authors and journals, major research hotspots and existing problems, and indicates that the research mode of diabetes health promotion field is relatively consolidated, there is less development and evaluation of new theories and methods, and less attention is paid to other diabetes health care except for diet and exercise. These research directions are worthy of attention by Chinese researchers in the future.