J Korean Diabetes JKD The Journal of Korean Diabetes 2233-7431 Korean Diabetes Association 10.4093/jkd.2018.19.2.113 Information Desk Detecting and Treating Eating Disorders in Diabetic Patients Lee Jee-Hyun Department of Social Work, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. Corresponding author: Jee-Hyun Lee. Department of Social Work, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06273, Korea, leciella@yuhs.ac 06 2018 30 06 2018 19 2 113 118 28 05 2018 01 06 2018 Copyright © 2018 Korean Diabetes Association 2018 Korean Diabetes Association This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Eating disorders have especially devastating consequences for patients with diabetes. Even subclinical eating disorders can interfere with glycemic control and result in complications of diabetes mellitus. But, eating disorders of diabetic patients are often undetected and untreated. Therefore, diabetes educators must play a critical role in the detection, support, referral, and treatment of diabetic patients with eating disorders.

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