MeSH definition : Eating disorder occurring typically in patients with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 who
restrict insulin intake in order to lost weight.;
Définition CISMeF : Diabulimia (a portmanteau of diabetes and bulimia), also known as ED-DMT1 (eating
disorder-diabetes mellitus type 1) in the US or T1ED (type 1 eating disorder) in the
UK, is an eating disorder in which people with type 1 diabetes deliberately give themselves
less insulin than they need or stop taking it altogether for the purpose of weight
loss. Diabulimia is not recognized as a formal psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-5.
Because of this, some in the medical or psychiatric communities use the phrases disturbed
eating behavior or disordered eating behavior (DEB in both cases) and disordered eating
(DE) are quite common in medical and psychiatric literature addressing patients who
have type 1 diabetes and manipulate insulin doses to control weight along with exhibiting
bulimic behavior (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabulimia).;
MeSH synonym : Eating Disorder Diabetes Mellitus Type 1;
CISMeF acronym : T1ED; ED-DMT1;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabulimia;
Eating disorder occurring typically in patients with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 who
restrict insulin intake in order to lost weight. Diabulimia (a portmanteau of diabetes and bulimia), also known as ED-DMT1 (eating
disorder-diabetes mellitus type 1) in the US or T1ED (type 1 eating disorder) in the
UK, is an eating disorder in which people with type 1 diabetes deliberately give themselves
less insulin than they need or stop taking it altogether for the purpose of weight
loss. Diabulimia is not recognized as a formal psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-5.
Because of this, some in the medical or psychiatric communities use the phrases disturbed
eating behavior or disordered eating behavior (DEB in both cases) and disordered eating
(DE) are quite common in medical and psychiatric literature addressing patients who
have type 1 diabetes and manipulate insulin doses to control weight along with exhibiting
bulimic behavior (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabulimia).