This is a request from the UK who wish to have a concept which relates eating disorders in general with the chronic disorder diabetes mellitus.

There is a special request for a concept which  bulimia with diabetes which is given a description of diabulimia -  see http://www.wearediabetes.org/diabulimia.php

My personal opinion is that any individual may react to their medical condition in a way which may lead to an eating/mental health disorder and it is not usually specific to that disorder. Obviously where a specific clinical condition requires a specific diet regime this may well enhance the possibility that the food becomes a focus and target for rumination and rebellion etc. However, unless there are internationally accepted eating disorders which can be causally related to specific medical disorders I would prefer that the clinical record records separately the ongoing clinical disorder and the eating disorder.

What are the groups thoughts.

many thanks

Paul

Paul Amos