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The prevalence of abnormal eating behaviour in a representative sample of the French diabetic population
M Ryan1, J Gallanagh, M B Livingstone
1Pôle de maladies métaboliques et médecine interne, EDN-CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49033 Angers cedex, France.
Aim:
To assess the relationship between abnormal eating behaviour (AEB) and diabetes in a sample of French adult patients with type 1 (T1D) and type 2 (T2D) diabetes.
Methods:
Ninety-four consecutively recruited patients self-completed a series of validated questionnaires.
Results:
Over one-fourth of men with T1D (26%) or T2D (27%) and 11% of female T2D patients reported consistent and pathological overeating or binge-eating during the previous six months. Glycaemic control in these T1D patients was poorer than in T1D patients defined as normal eaters (NORM) (11.9% versus 9.6%), but did not reach statistical significance (P=0.08), and no significant difference was observed in the T2D group (P=0.61) either. T2D patients reported being markedly more restrained when eating than did the T1D patients (P=0.002), and their restraint increased along with their BMI (P<0.001). Patients who overate or binged also reported greater general hunger (P=0.02) and disinhibition (P=0.003) than did the NORM patients.
Conclusion:
AEB is present in French diabetic patients at levels that are probably higher than among the general population. These results highlight the need for: (1) greater awareness among diabetes clinicians of the problem; (2) regular screening of diabetic patients for AEB; and (3) adaptation of therapeutic and dietary recommendations for this patient subgroup.
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