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Eating disoders in type 2 diabetic people: Brief review
Ricardo V García-Mayor1, Francisco J García-Soidán2
1South Galician Biomedical Foundation, University Hospital of Vigo, P.O. Box 1691, Vigo 36201, Spain.
Background:
Relationship between type 1 diabetes and Eating disorders is well-known, less information exists on the relationship between type 2 diabetes (T2DM) people and eating disorders.
Aim:
Review information on the prevalence and impact of type 2 diabetes and eating disorders comorbidity.
Methods:
Search in Medline and PubMed relevant articles on the aforementioned co-morbidity. Review includes articles on epidemiological, clinical and therapeutics aspects.
Conclusions:
Disordered eating behaviours may affect around 40% of T2DM people, being the predominant clinical forms: Eating Disorders Non otherwise specified (EDNOS), Night Eating Syndrome (NES) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED), however, population-based estimates of T2DM and ED comorbidity are mandatory to determine the prevalence of ED in T2DM people. The association between both entities has a consequence which is an impairment of metabolic control, associated to increase risk of vascular complications and difficult body weight loss, basis of T2DM treatment.
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