Disordered eating behaviors in Mexican patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

The aim of this work was to compare the distribution of disordered eating behaviors (DEB) in Mexican adult patients, with and without type 2 diabetes. A cross-sectional descriptive and comparative field research was carried out in a sample of 169 subjects (54% females; 46% males) with a mean age of 47.9 years. The sample was matched in two groups: patients with type 2 diabetes and patients without diabetes. DEB were assessed with a valid Mexican scale named EFRATA (Escala de Factores de Riesgo Asociados a Trastornos Alimentarios). Results confirmed significant differences in food and weight concern (t = 4.15, df 152.09, p = 0.000), normal eating behavior (t = 4.03, df 151.45, p = 0.000) and emotional eating (t = 1.93, df 160.76, p < 0.05), EFRATA's factors in which diabetic subjects obtained higher values in comparison with no diabetic patients. Subjects without diabetes achieved higher value only in binge eating behavior with statistically significant difference (t = 2.11, df 128.8, p < 0.05) in contrast with diabetic patients. Since these findings have been open the possibility to propose specific strategies that encourage healthy eating behaviors, both in adult patients with and without diabetes.

Comorbidity Between Recent Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes and Non-Psychotic Psychiatric Disorders: Metabolic Characteristics and Clinical Correlates

“… 34 A study on the Mexican population utilized the EFRATA tool (Escala de Factores de Riesgo Asociados a Trastornos Alimentarios, as an acronym in Spanish), and identified higher values of emotional eating in patients with diabetes. 35 In our study, the most prevalent ED was eating disorders not otherwise specified (emotional eating). We also found a lower prevalence of BED; nonetheless, it is still higher than the general population of the American continent (4.6%).…”

Alimentación emocional: Una revisión sistemática de los instrumentos validados en población mexicana/Emotional eating: A systematic review of validated tests in Mexican population

“…El caso de población infanto-juvenil, el porcentaje de ambas condiciones de exceso de peso en niños de entre cinco a once años de edad es del 35.6%; mientras que en adolescentes de 12 a 19 años el porcentaje fue del 38.4% (ENSANUT, 2019). La AE también se ha encontrado vinculada con otras afecciones de índole tanto físicas como psicológicas, encontrándose en el primer grupo: la diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (Saucedo-Molina et al, 2015), el síndrome metabólico (Song & Lee, 2019) y mayores dificultades en la pérdida de peso en pacientes con tratamientos de cirugía bariátrica (Ünal et al, 2019). Mientras que, en cuanto a trastornos psicológicos, se ha relacionado principalmente con trastornos alimentarios, particularmente con el trastorno por atracón (Escandón-Nagel et al, 2018) y la depresión (Konttinen et al, 2019).…”