Abstract
Objective
to understand the relationship that women with diabulimia have with the body.
Method
a qualitative research, developed with the Thematic Oral History Method, with four women between 18 and 30 years of age who reported diabulimia.
Results
women's relationship with their bodies has been guided by the social pressure of female thinness that distorts self-image, generates dissatisfaction with the body and diminishes self-esteem. Weight loss is proportionally associated with increased social acceptance and justifies the use of harmful methods to health such as reducing the dose or suspending the use of insulin. The narrators showed to know the risks, but admitted to repeat it in certain contexts.
Final considerations and implications for practice
the desire that women with Diabetes Mellitus have to lose weight needs to be incorporated into the strategies of care with the attention of health professionals to subjectivity, acting to recognize and prevent eating disorders in women with diabetes and minimize the adoption of actions harmful to health.
Keywords:
Diabetes Mellitus; Eating Disorders and Food Ingestion; Bulimia Nervosa; Diabetic Cetoacidosis; Nursing