Medwire News (7/21, McDermid) reports, “The presence of an eating disorder diagnosis significantly increases the risk for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and all-cause mortality in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes [T1D],” researchers concluded after using “health records to identify 20,035 adolescents and young adults (aged 10–39 years) with type 1 diabetes, 0.8% of whom had an eating disorder diagnosis.” The study authors concluded. “It is important to incorporate screening tools for disordered eating behavior into routine type 1 diabetes care to allow for timely identification of such patients and to consider eating disorders as a reason for poor glycemic control, potentially due to insulin withholding.” The findings were published online in Diabetes Care.
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— “Eating disorders tied to increased DKA, mortality risk in young people with type 1 diabetes “Eleanor McDermid, Medwire News, July 21, 2021