• DOI:10.1007/s11892-017-0949-1
• Corpus ID: 3688434

Are Eating Disorders Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

@article{NietoMartnez2017AreED,
  title={Are Eating Disorders Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis},
  author={Ramfis Nieto-Mart{\'i}nez and Juan P. Gonz{\'a}lez-Rivas and Jose R. Medina-Inojosa and Hermes Jose Florez},
  journal={Current Diabetes Reports},
  year={2017},
  volume={17},
  pages={1-12}
}

• R. Nieto-Martínez, J. González-Rivas, +1 author H. Florez
• Published 22 November 2017
• Medicine, Psychology
• Current Diabetes Reports

Recent FindingsEating disorders (ED) affect energy intake modifying body fat depots. Prior evidence suggests that binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN) could increase the risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D), while anorexia nervosa (AN) could reduce it.Purpose of ReviewA systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate if ED are risk factors for T2D.SummaryTen studies were selected out of 1057 screened. Meta-analysis of six studies with T2D as outcome is reported. Among cross-sectional studies, both BED (OR 3.69, 95% CI [1.12–12.12]) and BN (OR 3.45 [1.92–6.1]) increased the risk of T2D, while AN was not associated with lower risk (OR 0.87 [0.40–1.88]). Cohort studies showed increased risk of T2D with BN (RR 1.7 [1.2–2.5]), and decreased risk with AN (RR 0.71 [0.52–0.98]), but for BED the association was less clear (OR 3.34 [0.85–13.12]). Limitations of studies and recommendations for future research are presented.