scholarly journals Suboptimal bone microarchitecure in adolescent girls with obesity compared to normal-weight controls and girls with anorexia nervosa

Bone ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 246-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vibha Singhal ◽  
Smriti Sanchita ◽  
Sonali Malhotra ◽  
Amita Bose ◽  
Landy Paola Torre Flores ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Normal Weight

The management of anorexia nervosa

1975 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 45-46
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Metabolic Disturbance ◽  
Food Refusal ◽  
Female Patients

There is no specific treatment for anorexia nervosa1 but management aims to preserve life and health by correcting the patient’s malnutrition and metabolic disturbance caused by food refusal, and sometimes also by self-induced vomiting and excessive purgation. It is also important to modify the psychological attitudes that make the patient avoid food. The fear not only of obesity but also of normal weight is usually marked. The patient may need supervision for months or years because of the risk of relapses, and in female patients (the illness most commonly affects adolescent girls), an attempt should be made to restore cyclical menstruation if this is justified by general progress.

scholarly journals Overcoming limitations of self-report: an assessment of fear of weight gain in anorexia nervosa and healthy controls using implicit association tests

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiana Borgers ◽  
Nathalie Krüger ◽  
Silja Vocks ◽  
Jennifer J. Thomas ◽  
Franziska Plessow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Drive For Thinness ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Association Tests ◽  
Implicit Assessment ◽  
Fear Of Weight Gain

Abstract Background Fear of weight gain is a characteristic feature of anorexia nervosa (AN), and reducing this fear is often a main target of treatment. However, research shows that 20% of individuals with AN do not report fear of weight gain. Studies are needed that evaluate the centrality of fear of weight gain for AN with a method less susceptible to deception than self-report. Methods We approximated implicit fear of weight gain by measuring implicit drive for thinness using implicit association tests (IATs). We asked 64 participants (35 AN, 29 healthy controls [HCs]) to categorize statements as pro-dieting vs. non-dieting and true vs. false in a questionnaire-based IAT, and pictures of underweight vs. normal-weight models and positive vs. negative words in a picture-based IAT using two response keys. We tested for associations between implicit drive for thinness and explicitly reported psychopathology within AN as well as group differences between AN and HC groups. Results Correlation analyses within the AN group showed that higher implicit drive for thinness was associated with more pronounced eating disorder-specific psychopathology. Furthermore, the AN group showed a stronger implicit drive for thinness than HCs in both IATs. Conclusion The results highlight the relevance of considering fear of weight gain as a continuous construct. Our implicit assessment captures various degrees of fear of weight gain in AN, which might allow for more individually tailored interventions in the future.

Bone mineral density and oxidative stress in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alžbeta Čagalová ◽  
Ľubica Tichá ◽  
Alexandra Gaál Kovalčíková ◽  
Katarína Šebeková ◽  
Ľudmila Podracká
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
And Oxidative Stress

Prevalence of malnutrition among women and adolescent girls: impact of urbanization in rural–urban interface of Bangalore

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veerabhadrappa Bellundagi ◽  
K.B. Umesh ◽  
B.C. Ashwini ◽  
K.R. Hamsa
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Wealth Index ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis

PurposeIndia is facing a double burden of malnutrition, i.e. undernutrition and obesity. Women and adolescent health and nutrition are very relevant issues which have not received much attention it deserves in India, especially in the context of a girl child. Hence, the purpose of this study is to assess malnutrition among women and adolescent girls as well as the associated factors.Design/methodology/approachAn attempt was made to assess malnutrition among women and adolescent girls and associated factors. The required data was collected from the north (616) and south transects (659) sample households of Bangalore constituting a total sample size of 1,275. The data was analyzed by adopting multiple linear regression and multinomial logistic regression analysis using STATA software.FindingsThe effects of this study simply confirmed that, urbanization had an instantaneous effect on dietary repute of women and adolescent girls, while transferring throughout the gradient from rural to urban with the growing significance of weight problems and obese. In adolescent girls, about 31% were underweight followed by normal weight and overweight across rural–urban interface of Bangalore. The factors such as education, consumption of meat and animal products, a dummy for urban, diabetes and blood pressure were significantly and positively influencing the nutritional status (Body Mass Index) of women across rural–urban interface. While consumption of vegetables, wealth index and per capita income had a positive and significant influence on the nutritional status of adolescent girls.Originality/valueWith limited studies and data available in Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru, one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Against this backdrop, the study was conducted to assess the prevalence of malnutrition among women and adolescents and its association with various socio-economic variables.

How adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents perceive family functioning?

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiorenzo Laghi ◽  
Sara Pompili ◽  
Valeria Zanna ◽  
Maria Chiara Castiglioni ◽  
Michela Criscuolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Family Adaptability

This study aims at examining whether adolescent girls diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and their parents differ in perceiving the different aspects of family functioning. Moreover, the discrepancy between adolescent girls and healthy controls on Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales dimensions, family communication, and family satisfaction is investigated. The study includes 36 female anorexia patients and their parents and 36 healthy controls. The results showed a different view between mothers and their daughters with regard to the dimension of rigidity. In addition, girls with anorexia nervosa were less satisfied about family environment and rated their families as less communicative, flexible, cohesive, and more disengaged, compared to controls.

Setting the scene for eating disorders: childhood care, classification and course of illness

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Schmidt ◽  
Jane Tiller ◽  
Janet Treasure
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Bulimia Nervosa ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Parental Control ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Course Of Illness ◽  
Childhood Care

SynopsisThe aim of this study was to determine whether the childhood experiences of patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa differ and affect the course of the illness. A semistructured interview developed by Harris et al. (1986) was used to assess the childhood family environment of 64 patients with restricting anorexia nervosa (RAN), 23 patients with bulimic anorexia nervosa (BAN), 37 bulimic patients with a history of anorexia nervosa (BN/HistAN) and 79 patients with normal weight bulimia nervosa (BN).There were no significant differences between groups in terms of parental mental disorder, low parental control or childhood sexual abuse. BN patients had had significantly more family arrangements and had experienced more parental indifference, excessive parental control, physical abuse, and violence against other family members than RAN patients with the BAN and BN/HistAN group being intermediate. There was a trend for BN-patients to have had more intra-familial discord than the other groups. Different aspects of adversity tended to cluster in the same patients and 65% of the bulimic group had experienced two or more types of childhood adversity. These results suggest that childhood experiences contribute to the form of eating disorder which later develops.

Amenorrhoea and Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Girls

2017 ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Sebastien Guillaume ◽  
Laurent Maimoun ◽  
Charles Sultan ◽  
Patrick Lefebvre
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Adolescent Girls
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