Eating Disorders - Prevention & control
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Eating disorders and obstetric-gynecologic care.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Disordered eating can have consequences for gynecologic and obstetric patients and fetuses. Amenorrhea, infertility, hyperemesis gravidarum, and preterm birth have been linked to eating disorders (EDs). This study aimed to evaluate ... Read more...

Inappropriate eating behaviors during pregnancy: prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women attending primary care in southern Brazil.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of inappropriate eating behaviors and associated factors among pregnant women in primary care. METHOD: The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire was used to assess eating disorders and the Primary Care ... Read more...

Obesity and prevalence of risk behaviour for eating disorders among young Danish women.

15 Jun 2009 AIMS: Danish women aged 16-29 from two nationwide, representative, cross-sectional interview/questionnaire surveys from 2000 and 2005 are analyzed for trends in prevalence of risk behaviour for developing eating disorders and associations to BMI and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Eating Disorders - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Eating disorders and obstetric-gynecologic care. 30 Aug 2009
• Inappropriate eating behaviors during pregnancy: prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women attending primary care in southern Brazil. 29 Jun 2009
• Obesity and prevalence of risk behaviour for eating disorders among young Danish women. 15 Jun 2009
• Reduction of shape and weight concern in young adolescents: a 30-month controlled evaluation of a media literacy program. 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
• Nutrigenomic targeting of carbohydrate craving behavior: can we manage obesity and aberrant craving behaviors with neurochemical pathway manipulation by Immunological Compatible Substances (nutrients) using a Genetic Positioning System (GPS) Map? 15 May 2009
• Adolescent gynecology. 30 Mar 2009
• Informing family approaches to eating disorder prevention: perspectives of those who have been there. 27 Feb 2009
• Preventing obesity and eating disorders in adolescents: what can health care providers do? 27 Feb 2009
• Parental attitudes, body image disturbance and disordered eating amongst adolescents and young adults: a review. 27 Feb 2009
• Parents as protective factors in eating problems of college women. 27 Feb 2009
• STAR Program. 27 Feb 2009
• Female athlete triad in elite swimmers of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 18 Feb 2009
• Preventing eating disorders. 30 Dec 2008
• A controlled evaluation of web-based training for teachers and public health practitioners on the prevention of eating disorders. 30 Dec 2008
• Linear eaters turned decelerated: reduction of a risk for disordered eating? Dec 2008
• Eating disorders among male athletes. 30 Oct 2008
• Timing and prediction of relapse in a transdiagnostic eating disorder sample. 30 Oct 2008
• Effects of a cognitive dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program are similar for Asian American, Hispanic, and White participants. 30 Oct 2008

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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