Cl. dietician, Cand.paed.psych, PhD student (enrolled 2021)
cba@clin.au.dk
Deparment: Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus
Main supervisor: Esben Thyssen Vestergaard
Research Area
- Children youth and pregnancy
- Diabetic complications
Research description
- Disturbed Eating among Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Eating disorders are more common among individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) compared to people without diabetes. The co-occurrence of T1D and ED increases the risk of poorer diabetes regulation and development of diabetes-related complications.
The objective of the study is to validate a diabetes-specific screening tool, to estimate the prevalence, severity and characteristics of DEB and ED in Danish children and adolescents with T1D, and to correlate DEB and ED to clinical variables.