Eating Disorders - Complications
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

A two-phase population study: relationships between overweight, body composition and risk of eating disorders.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Overweight and eating disorder (ED) are major public health problems in adolescents. Aims: To assess the association of overweight, body composition and anthropometric characteristics with the probability being at risk of ED. METHODS: A ... Read more...

Brokering authenticity: Borderline personality disorder and the ethics of care in an American eating disorder clinic.

30 May 2009 This paper examines the moral work of a controversial psychiatric diagnosis--Borderline Personality Disorder--in an American eating disorder treatment center in the era of managed mental health care. Based on fieldwork at this clinic spanning more ... Read more...

Development and evaluation of a web-based training program for oral health care providers on secondary prevention of eating disorders.

30 May 2009 Although oral health care providers (OHP) are key in the secondary prevention of eating disorders (ED), the majority are not engaged in assessment, referral, and case management. This innovative pilot project developed and evaluated a web-based ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Eating Disorders - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A two-phase population study: relationships between overweight, body composition and risk of eating disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Brokering authenticity: Borderline personality disorder and the ethics of care in an American eating disorder clinic. 30 May 2009
• Development and evaluation of a web-based training program for oral health care providers on secondary prevention of eating disorders. 30 May 2009
• What is pregorexia? 30 May 2009
• An association between eating disorder behaviors and autonomic dysfunction in a nonclinical population. A pilot study. 11 May 2009
• [Sleep-wake cycle among adolescents who suffer from eating disorders: original Israeli research studies] 29 Apr 2009
• [Metabolic syndrome and hormonal interaction in obese and type 2 diabetic Algerian subject: the behavior eating disorder impact] 29 Apr 2009
• Factors related to motivation for change in adolescents with eating disorders. 29 Apr 2009
• Alcohol use, eating patterns, and weight behaviors in a university population. 29 Apr 2009
• Compensatory eating disorder behaviors and gastric bypass surgery outcome. 29 Apr 2009
• [Self-harm and sports--case reports] 28 Apr 2009
• [Self-harm and eating disorders] 28 Apr 2009
• Burden of eating disorders in 5-13-year-old children in Australia. 18 Apr 2009
• Disturbed eating behaviors and eating disorders in type 1 diabetes: clinical significance and treatment recommendations. 30 Mar 2009
• [Patient with type 2 diabetes: don't forget eating disorders!] 23 Mar 2009
• The interface between the eating disorders and obesity fields: moving toward a model of shared knowledge and collaboration. 27 Feb 2009
• How did you get so thin? The effect of attribution on perceptions of underweight females. 27 Feb 2009
• Sudden cardiac arrest due to acute gastric dilatation in a patient with an eating disorder. 27 Feb 2009
• Disordered eating and weight changes after deployment: longitudinal assessment of a large US military cohort. 2 Feb 2009
• Altered glucose tolerance in women with deliberate self-harm. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Eating Disorders'

Definition: A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.

Descriptor UI: D001068

Alternative terms: Eating Disorders; Eating Disorder; Appetite Disorders; Appetite Disorder;

Related Mesh Headings: Obesity; Thinness;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.375;

Online Note: use EATING DISORDERS to search APPETITE DISORDERS 1966-88

History Note: 89; was APPETITE DISORDERS 1963-88

Technical Notes: in children, use FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD if related to mental disorder