title: Reflections on reducing insulin to lose weigh.
abstract: Diabulimia is not a recognised medical condition, although it is thought to affect one-third of women with type 1 diabetes. Diabulimia involves deliberately omitting or reducing insulin dosages to lose weight. This article reports the reflections of women with long-duration type 1 diabetes who said that they had manipulated their insulin in the past to lose weight. Many were now dealing with serious heart and neuropathic complications, which they felt were a result of their diabulimia.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research and Policy, School for Health and Social Care, University of Greenwich.
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin