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speciaL report:
rise of the
diabuLemics
insulin can be a lifesaver for
people with type 1 diabetes. so, why
do young women abuse it?
c
ertain things in life work
well as a combination.
Think cocker spaniels
and poodles. Combine
them, and what do you get? The
somewhat amusing-sounding
cockapoo. Cute, fluffy; a harmless
mish-mash. But other combinations
can be lethal. Take two health
conditions: diabetes and bulimia.
Diabetes, the condition where the
amount of glucose (sugar) in your
blood is too high because your body
can't use it properly. Bulimia, medically
known as bulimia nervosa, where
sufferers attempt to control their weight
by severely restricting the amount of
food they eat, then binge-eating and
purging, or using laxatives, in order
to rid the food from their body.
Two highly complex conditions
in their own right. But combined?
Known as diabulimia - although
not yet a recognised medical term
by the NHS - this is when people
with diabetes deliberately skip
their daily insulin injections in
order to lose weight. People with
this problem have a belief that
insulin makes them fat. But there's
a fundamental truth about this
disorder: it can cost you your life.
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a big worry
'I have to lose 15lb in two weeks to
fit into my prom dress. I know I can
do it as long as I skip the insulin'
The words of a 16-year-old girl
in a diabetic chat room
Just how common
is diabulimia?
Diabetes UK (www.diabetes.org.uk)
refers to diabulimia as a 'phenomenon'
- but, despite its increasing prevalence,
it is yet to be classed as a condition.
Also referred to as 'disordered eating
behaviour' (DEB), the term 'diabulimia'
was actually created by the media
- television, newspapers and magazines
who all conjured up a term to explain
this alarming, potentially fatal trend.
Regarded by the majority of health
professionals as a mental health issue
and an eating disorder, the charity
Diabetics With Eating Disorders
(DWED, www.dwed.org.uk), that works
with people with diabulimia, state that
around 40% of 15- to 30-year-olds
regularly omit to give themselves their
insulin. That's around one in three
women with Type 1 diabetes. But it's
not just the preserve of young women;
it's on the increase in young men, too.
http://www.diabetes.org.uk
http://www.dwed.org.uk
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EDITOR’S LETTER
THE BUZZ
G’DAY, MR ANDRE
BOYFRIEND IN THE BUFF
PARTY PLANNER
NEED A PARTY DRESS?
GOLDEN GIRL
FELINE FASHION
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