. In the British Medical Journal article “Eating Disorders in Young Adults with Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus: A Controlled Study”, the findings of Christopher Fairburn, Robert Peveler, Beverly Davies, J. I. Mann, and Richard Mayou suggest that eating disorders are not more common among IDDM patients compared to non-diabetics. The article implies that insulin misuse is a common method for controlling weight among IDDM patients with eating disorders or problems. The studies have strong elements that are worth nothing. Each study has at least one weakness. These include bias, contradiction, and limits of the study. Now I wished to summarize the whole article briefly. “Eating Disorders in Young Adults with Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus: A Controlled Study” compared the prevalence of eating disorders among a sample of IDDM patients and a sample of non-diabetics. The diabetic group consisted of 46 men and 54 women, and the control group consisted of 67 non-diabetic women only. Each subject was given an eating disorder examination to measure clinical features of eating disorders. Those with diabetes were given an interview adapted to distinguish behaviour simply motivated by diabetes. All subjects also completed an eating attitudes test. Fairburn et al. found no significant difference in the prevalence of eating disorders among diabetic women and non-diabetic women. None of the men met criteria for an eating disorder. Many of the diabetic women underused insulin to control their weight, and 4 out of the 6 currently doing so had an eating disorder. Fairburn et al. implied that eating disorders and/or problems are fairly common among the IDDM population. This is in accordance with the expectations formed from the empirical relationship between IDDM and eating disorders. It seems logical that
. In the British Medical Journal article “Eating Disorders in Young Adults with Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus: A Controlled Study”, the findings of Christopher Fairburn, Robert Peveler, Beverly Davies, J. I. Mann, and Richard Mayou suggest that eating disorders are not more common among IDDM patients compared to non-diabetics. The article implies that insulin misuse is a common method for controlling weight among IDDM patients with eating disorders or problems. The studies have strong elements that are worth nothing. Each study has at least one weakness. These include bias, contradiction, and limits of the study. Now I wished to summarize the whole article briefly. “Eating Disorders in Young Adults with Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus: A Controlled Study” compared the prevalence of eating disorders among a sample of IDDM patients and a sample of non-diabetics. The diabetic group consisted of 46 men and 54 women, and the control group consisted of 67 non-diabetic women only. Each subject was given an eating disorder examination to measure clinical features of eating disorders. Those with diabetes were given an interview adapted to distinguish behaviour simply motivated by diabetes. All subjects also completed an eating attitudes test. Fairburn et al. found no significant difference in the prevalence of eating disorders among diabetic women and non-diabetic women. None of the men met criteria for an eating disorder. Many of the diabetic women underused insulin to control their weight, and 4 out of the 6 currently doing so had an eating disorder. Fairburn et al. implied that eating disorders and/or problems are fairly common among the IDDM population. This is in accordance with the expectations formed from the empirical relationship between IDDM and eating disorders. It seems logical that