Can Patients with Diabetes Detect their own Eating Disorder? The Need for A Better Understanding of Eating Pathology in Diabetes_Juniper Publishers
CURRENT RESEARCH IN DIABETES & OBESITY JOURNAL JUNIPER PUBLISHERS Authored by Annie Aimé Abstract Some authors have suggested that patients with diabetes may hardly detect a co-morbid eating disorders. Unfortunately, not doing so can negatively impact treatment and lead to several unwanted medical complications and psychological problems. Moreover, when a co-morbid eating disorder in a patient with diabetes is not treated, it tends to be recurrent and persistent over time. This study aims to compare patient's own report of eating problems to a diagnosis established with the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire-6. A total of 624 patients with diabetes (type 1 diabetes=137; type 2 diabetes=487) participated to an online survey. The results provide support to the idea that people with diabetes may not adequately evaluate whether they have a co-morbid ED or not. While many participants reported eating problems that did not meet an ED diagnosis