Obese diabetics misjudge calorie intake, study finds: NewsTarget.com

A new study by French researchers found that diabetic obese adults tend to report eating far less than they really do, which researchers say can hamper treatment or management of the disease.

Researchers from the University Hospital of Angers in France recruited 21 obese men and women, roughly half of whom had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The researchers asked the diabetic participants to recall what they'd eaten over the past three days, then verified their actual caloric intake using a metabolic calculation technique called the doubly labeled water method.

Researchers found that the diabetic participants reported eating one-quarter fewer calories than would be needed "even for basic functions to live," according to their report, published in the journal Diabetes Care.

However, obese participants who had not been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were more accurate in reporting their eating habits, though it was unclear why the non-diabetic men and women were more realistic.

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