Could you eat quickly increase the risk of diabetes? | Fitness for Health

Eating too quickly may increase the risk of diabetes, says a small preliminary study.

Lithuanian researchers compared 234 patients with type 2 diabetes with 468 people who did not have the disease, and found that those who ate more quickly were 2.5 times more likely to have diabetes than those who ate more slowly.


Study participants with diabetes also were more likely to have a higher body mass index (a measure of body fat based on height and weight) and have much lower levels of education than those who did not suffer from diabetes the researchers said.

The findings will be presented this week at the International Congress of Endocrinology, carried out in conjunction with the European Congress of Endocrinology in Florence, Italy.

?The prevalence of type 2 diabetes increases globally, and becomes a global pandemic,? he said in a news release from the European Society of Endocrinology (European Society of Endocrinology) study leader Lina Radzeviciene, Lithuanian University Health Sciences. ?It seems to be related to an interaction between susceptible genetic and environmental factors. It is important to identify modifiable risk factors that could help people reduce their chances of developing the disease.?

Although the study found an association between eating quickly and the incidence of diabetes did not demonstrate a cause and effect.

Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, its data and conclusions should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

censored jerry yang stop sopa justified southland sopa blackout protect ip act