Better treatment of type 2 diabetes and Binge Eating Disorder (BED)

Dansk resumé

BED er en spiseforstyrrelse med gentagne overspisninger, der opleves som belastende. Tilstedeværelsen af BED komplicerer behandlingen af type 2 diabetes. Traditionel type 2 diabetes-behandling med restriktiv kost og vægttab kan fremkalde overspisning og skabe onde cirkler: Øget restriktion fører til sult, hvilket øger risikoen for overspisning, der kan forværre blodsukkerreguleringen. Patienter med både type 2 diabetes og BED oplever flere somatiske symptomer såsom smerter og psykiske symptomer som depression sammenlignet med type 2 diabetespatienter uden BED. Dette projekt omhandler BED-behandling hos patienter med BED og type 2 diabetes. Hypotesen er, at når BED-symptomer bedres, bedres også diabetessymptomer og svingninger i blodsukkerreguleringen.

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to improve treatment of patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED). The project has two aims. Firstly, to investigate the prevalence of BED among approximately 4,500 T2D patients in the Region of Southern Denmark within the DD2 cohort. Secondly, to investigate the effects of BED treatment among patients with T2D and BED in a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The hypothesis is that around 10% of the investigated T2D population suffers from BED, and that BED treatment reduces both BED symptoms and T2D severity and cardiovascular risk factors. In Denmark, the prevalence of BED among T2D patients is unknown, as is the effects of BED treatment in relation to T2D. Therefore, the project offers a novel approach to a vastly overlooked problem, and results can be applied on a national level and extended to the primary sector.

Formål

1. To investigate the prevalence of BED among approximately 4,500 T2D patients in the Region of Southern Denmark within the DD2 cohort
2. To investigate the effects of BED treatment among patients with T2D and BED in a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Studiepopulation

The selection criteria for the prevalence study include individuals enrolled in DD2 before 1/1/2024 with an address in the Region of Southern Denmark.

Finansiering

Jascha Fonden og DFF.