Childhood body mass index in adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1002-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staci A. Berkowitz ◽  
Ashley A. Witt ◽  
Christopher Gillberg ◽  
Maria Råstam ◽  
Elisabet Wentz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Childhood Body Mass Index

Decreased Bone Density in Adolescent Girls With Anorexia Nervosa

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura K. Bachrach ◽  
David Guido ◽  
Debra Katzman ◽  
Iris F. Litt ◽  
Robert Marcus
Keyword(s):  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Bone Density ◽  
Bone Mass ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Control Subjects

Osteoporosis develops in women with chronic anorexia nervosa. To determine whether bone mass is reduced in younger patients as well, bone density was studied in a group of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa. With single- and dual-photon absorptiometry, a comparison was made of bone mineral density of midradius, lumbar spine, and whole body in 18 girls (12 to 20 years of age) with anorexia nervosa and 25 healthy control subjects of comparable age. Patients had significantly lower lumbar vertebral bone density than did control subjects (0.830 ± 0.140 vs 1.054 ± 0.139 g/cm2) and significantly lower whole body bone mass (0.700 ± 0.130 vs 0.955 ± 0.130 g/cm2). Midradius bone density was not significantly reduced. Of 18 patients, 12 had bone density greater than 2 standard deviations less than normal values for age. The diagnosis of anorexia nervosa had been made less than 1 year earlier for half of these girls. Body mass index correlated significantly with bone mass in girls who were not anorexic (P < .05, .005, and .0001 for lumbar, radius, and whole body, respectively). Bone mineral correlated significantly with body mass index in patients with anorexia nervosa as well. In addition, age at onset and duration of anorexia nervosa, but not calcium intake, activity level, or duration of amenorrhea correlated significantly with bone mineral density. It was concluded that important deficits of bone mass occur as a frequent and often early complication of anorexia nervosa in adolescence. Whole body is considerably more sensitive than midradius bone density as a measure of cortical bone loss in this illness. Low body mass index is an important predictor of this reduction in bone mass.

scholarly journals Indirect and direct measures of striving for perfection moderate body mass index curves in the intensive treatment of anorexia nervosa

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-96
Author(s):  
Kathleen De Cuyper ◽  
Dirk Hermans ◽  
Guido Pieters ◽  
Laurence Claes ◽  
Kristof Vansteelandt
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Intensive Treatment ◽  
Direct Measures

Childhood body mass index and later cancer risk: A 50-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr study

2004 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 348-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Jeffreys ◽  
George Davey Smith ◽  
Richard M. Martin ◽  
Stephen Frankel ◽  
David Gunnell
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Childhood Body Mass Index
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