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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diabulimia-a-deadly-new-disorder/">Diabulimia: A Deadly New Disorder</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted December 13, 2007 at 06:00 PM by Martha Jones</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Type 1 diabetes is a disorder caused by the body’s immune system attacking its own insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. People with this disease produce little or no insulin, forcing them to take daily shots of the compound to regulate their blood sugar. Without these shots of insulin, a type 1 diabetic risks dangerous dips and jumps in blood sugar, falling into a coma, or even dying. Knowing these terrible risks, what could possibly cause the recent outbreak of young teenage girls and women with type 1 diabetes to purposely skip their daily insulin shots? The technical term for this type of behavior is “diabulimia,” although it is not a recognized medical condition. Instead, diabulimia is classified as a body image disorder, rather than an “eating” disorder. This disease can affect anyone, but is most prominent among teenage girls and…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diabulimia-a-deadly-new-disorder/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diabulimia-a-deadly-new-disorder/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diabulimia-a-deadly-new-disorder/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/diabulimia-a-deadly-new-disorder/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/body-image/">body-image</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/eating-disorders/">eating-disorders</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/weight-control/">weight-control</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>