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The Rising Diabulimia Epidemic: Safeguarding Diabetic Patients with Eating Disorders

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Author Susan Weiner talks about the rise of diabulimia, a dual diagnosis of diabetes and eating disorders, affecting teens and young women nationally.
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    Diabulimia, defined as the manipulation of insulin treatments by Type 1 diabetic patients in order to lose weight, is a rising problem among teens and young adults in the U.S, particularly young women. Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss this dual diagnosis phenomenon of diabetes and eating disorders, ways in which they exacerbate other disease processes, the long term consequences, and management priorities for phycisians is author and registered dietitian Susan Weiner. Susan is a recipient of the AADE Diabetes Educator of the Year award and has devoted much of her writing and clinical expertise to addressing diabulimia in at-risk patients.

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