BACKGROUND There is a strong relationship between feeding problems in childhood and eating disorder in the mother. The mechanisms responsible for this relationship are not understood. AIMS To elucidate family-environmental factors that could mediate this association. METHOD A general population sample of children with feeding problems (n=35), other problems (shyness, fears or behavioural pr...

Loneliness and, to a lesser degree, social support are considered under-researched topics in the literature on eating disorders (ED). This study attempted expand relevant body of research by examining loneliness combination with ED patients and healthy controls (HC). Binge-eating problems, emotional eating, resilience, anxiety, depression symptoms were also assessed. Thirty-two twenty-nine HC c...

Although the prevalence of fully expressed Eating Disorders is rare in young children, childhood eating disturbances are fairly common. Parents can play a facilitating role for the development of overweight and eating problems among their children. The aim of this study is to detect the possible relationships between children's eating attitudes and behaviour and the parents' beliefs about eatin...

The transdiagnostic theory of eating disorders proposes that clinical perfectionism, core low self-esteem, interpersonal problems and mood intolerance can maintain eating disorder psychopathology in some individuals. The current study aimed to explore eating disorder symptom severity as a function of these maintaining mechanisms in a community sample. Participants completed questionnaires onlin...

OBJECTIVE To discuss eating disorders in children and adolescents regarding their characteristics and risk factors. DATA SOURCES Articles were searched in the PubMed and ScieLO databases, combining the terms 'children', 'adolescents', 'eating behavior', 'eating disorder', 'bulimia', and 'anorexia', both in Portuguese and in English. Studies published between 2007 and 2011 were retrieved and 4...

Early suggestions from the 1980s for a self-esteem approach in the prevention of eating problems have been adopted by researchers, and the results of several interventions show support for the efficacy, safety, and suitability of a predominantly self-esteem and self-acceptance approach. Several recent studies utilizing strong self-esteem components as part of their controlled prevention interve...

INTRODUCTION Appetite and eating behavior are frequently altered in psychiatric patients. The newly discovered gut-derived neuropeptide ghrelin simulates hunger and weight gain. Therefore, it might be involved in appetite regulation during psychiatric disorders. METHODS In 83 depressed, 42 schizophrenic patients and 46 healthy controls plasma ghrelin levels were measured, and the psychometric...

OBJECTIVES To identify the most common functional problems caused by ulnar nerve palsy. This study is the first phase in the process of developing a patient-centred hand function questionnaire specific for ulnar palsy. DESIGN Twenty-five participants with complete irreversible ulnar nerve palsy were asked to record the five main problems they had because of their hand deformity in the week be...

Negative self-image is considered typical of eating disorders. The present thesis aimed to study clinically relevant aspects of self-image in adult patients taking part in a large naturalistic and longitudinal project at specialist units for eating disorders in Sweden. Self-image was measured using the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB), and examined together with clinical and backgr...