May 7, 2012 People who wolf down their food are two and a half
times more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes than those who
take their time according to new research presented at the joint
International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of
Endocrinology in Florence, Italy. While numerous studies have
linked eating quickly to overeating and obesity, this is the
first time eating speed has been identified as an independent
risk factor for type 2 diabetes. A Lithuanian research team led
by Dr Lina Radzeviciene compared 234 newly diagnosed type 2
diabetes patients to 468 people who were free from the disease.
Cases and controls (ratio 1:2) were matched by gender and age
(±5 years). The participants filled out an in-depth
questionnaire designed to collect information on possible
diabetes risk factors in which they rated their eating speed
compared to others (slower, the same, faster). Body measurements
(height, weight, waist and hip circumference) were also taken
according to World Health Organisa