Diabetic Diet - Half A Million American Diabetics Risk Critical Illness In A Bid To Be Thin
Posted on March 14, 2008 - Filed Under Health and Fitness | Leave a Comment
A frightening eating disorder is sweeping the diabetic population according to recent medical reports. Coined Diabulimia, this is a psychological condition affecting an estimated one third of diabetic women, including nearly half a million women in the US. These women, who need to take insulin regularly to survive, are skipping insulin injections in an attempt to lose weight.
Determining the exact number of women affected is tricky as most diabulimics are unlikely to admit to skipping insulin injections whilst they are actually in the habit of doing so, but it is clear that this is a growing phenomenon.
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