Continuous glucose monitoring assessment in patients suffering from anorexia nervosa reveals chronic prolonged mild hypoglycemia all over the nycthemeron.
Natacha GermainClara Devin GenteuilGwenaëlle BelletonTrecy Lopes Da SilvaChloé ExbrayatFabien DegasAmira HammourAurélia GayBaptiste RaveyCatherine MassoubreBogdan GaluscaPublished in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2022)
AN patients display chronic prolonged mild hypoglycaemia all over the nycthemeron despite normal fasting glycaemia. Associated adaptive increased counter-regulatory hormones might protect AN patients from deeper hypoglycaemia. CGM allowed testing food intake self-estimation reliability of AN patients and could be a very useful biofeedback tool.