People who 'wolf down' food more likely to be diabetic: research
Updated 02:53 PM May 09, 2012
LONDON - People who say they "wolf" their food down and eat faster than others are more than twice as likely to have diabetes, a study has found.
Researchers compared 234 people who had recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to twice that number of similar but healthy people.
When questioned people who said they ate their food faster than others were twice as likely to be in the diabetes group.
The findings were presented at the International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of Endocrinology in Florence, Italy.
The Daily Telegraph reported that other factors that can influence diabetes such as family history, exercise, body mass index, smoking, waist circumference, were taken into account and did not alter the findings.
Lead author Dr Lina Radzeviciene from Lithuanian University of Health Sciences said: "The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing globally and becoming a world pandemic.
"It appears to involve interaction between susceptible genetic backgrounds and environmental factors. It's important to identify modifiable risk factors that may help people reduce their chances of developing the disease." AGENCIES
Researchers compared 234 people who had recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to twice that number of similar but healthy people.
When questioned people who said they ate their food faster than others were twice as likely to be in the diabetes group.
The findings were presented at the International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of Endocrinology in Florence, Italy.
The Daily Telegraph reported that other factors that can influence diabetes such as family history, exercise, body mass index, smoking, waist circumference, were taken into account and did not alter the findings.
Lead author Dr Lina Radzeviciene from Lithuanian University of Health Sciences said: "The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing globally and becoming a world pandemic.
"It appears to involve interaction between susceptible genetic backgrounds and environmental factors. It's important to identify modifiable risk factors that may help people reduce their chances of developing the disease." AGENCIES