Glucose variability: A physiological correlate of eating disorder behaviors among individuals with binge-spectrum eating disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Elevated glucose variability may be one mechanism that increases risk for significant psychological and physiological health conditions among individuals with binge-spectrum eating disorders (B-EDs), given the impact of eating disorder (ED) behaviors on blood glucose levels. This study aimed to characterize glucose variability among individuals with B-EDs compared with age-matched, sex-matched, and body mass index-matched controls, and investigate the association between frequency of ED behaviors and glucose variability.

Methods

Participants were 52 individuals with B-EDs and 22 controls who wore continuous glucose monitors to measure blood glucose levels and completed ecological momentary assessment surveys to measure ED behaviors for 1 week. Independent samples

SUBMITTER: Presseller EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256202 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature