Eating to lose
Subtitle: healing from a life of diabulimia
By: Maryjeanne Hunt
Publisher: Demos Medical Pub.; Demos Health
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781936303274
Subjects: Popular works; Bulimia; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Diabetes; Diet therapy; Diabetes
Description: "Diabetes is one of the most urgent health issues of our time. It costs the United States billions of dollars a year in healthcare expenses. Diabulimia "is the dangerous and often fatal practice where an individual with Type 1 Diabetes alters or omits insulin for the purpose of weight loss." This book discusses how the author lost weight by eating more, as long as she remained "diligent" about off-setting a binge with an omission of insulin. This book, however, should be for educational purposes only and should not replace the independent judgment of a physician"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.