Bulimics 4 Times More Likely to Get Diabetes

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            Scientists have found diseases like bulimia and binge eating disorder place people at risk for diabetes and previous research has shown that depression is also a risk factor for diabetes. A study surveyed 52,000 people in their homes in 19 different countries including Brazil, China, South America, and the U.S and administered standardized psychiatric tests. The results showed that individuals with diabetes were more likely to have depression, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, and a lesser known illness called intermittent explosive disorder.

            There were 2,580 adults of those surveyed that reported having adult-onset type II diabetes. Researchers only included participants whose diabetes began after age 21 and the average age the illness began was around age 50. Of the participants with diabetes, 11% had major depression, 4% had either bulimia, binge-eating disorder or intermittent explosive disorder. The majority of these mental disorders typically begin before the diabetes and this is significant because risk factors precede the disease they are associated with.
Firth, S. (2014, Jan. 30). Study: Bulimics 4 times more likely to get diabetes. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved from: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/01/30/study-bulimics-4-times-more-likely-to-get-diabetes.

-MG

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