Eating Disorders
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The clinical course of advanced dementia.

13 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States but is underrecognized as a terminal illness. The clinical course of nursing home residents with advanced dementia has not been well described. METHODS: We followed 323 nursing ... Read more...

Accuracy of self-reported weight and height among women with eating disorders: a replication and extension study.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Self-reported height and weight data are commonly reported within eating disorders research, and often used clinically. The aims of this study are to demonstrate the accuracy of self-reported height and weight among a group of women with ... Read more...

Investigating the role of attachment in social comparison theories of eating disorders within a non-clinical female population.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to integrate attachment theory and sociocultural theory as predictors of disordered eating, thereby combining two previously distinct literatures in order to provide a more comprehensive model of eating disorder ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Eating Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The clinical course of advanced dementia. 13 Oct 2009
• Ovarian cancer. Usefulness of abdominal symptoms in early diagnosis. 27 Sep 2009
• [Weight loss] 21 Sep 2009
• Accuracy of self-reported weight and height among women with eating disorders: a replication and extension study. 30 Aug 2009
• Investigating the role of attachment in social comparison theories of eating disorders within a non-clinical female population. 30 Aug 2009
• Risk and protective factors for disturbed eating in adolescent girls - aspects of perfectionism and attitudes to eating and weight. 30 Aug 2009
• Appraisal of caregiving burden, expressed emotion and psychological distress in families of people with eating disorders: a systematic review. 30 Aug 2009
• Perfectionism and eating attitudes in Portuguese students: a longitudinal study. 30 Aug 2009
• Eating disorders and obstetric-gynecologic care. 30 Aug 2009
• A 4-year prospective study of eating disorder NOS compared with full eating disorder syndromes. 30 Aug 2009
• Health care utilization in patients with eating disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of perceived anonymity in assessments of eating disordered behaviors and attitudes. 30 Aug 2009
• Vegetarian diets and disordered eating. 30 Aug 2009
• Risk of ovarian cancer in women with symptoms in primary care: population based case-control study. 23 Aug 2009
• [Female athlete triad] 3 Aug 2009
• Changes in body weight, body composition, and eating attitudes in high school wrestlers. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychotherapy approaches for adolescents with eating disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• A method for the control of eating rate: a potential intervention in eating disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis of the distress tolerance scale (DTS) in a clinical sample of eating disorder patients. 10 Jul 2009
• Association of higher parental and grandparental education and higher school grades with risk of hospitalization for eating disorders in females: the Uppsala birth cohort multigenerational study. 7 Jul 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