We examined the impact of comorbid depression and anxiety disorders on the severity of anorexia nervosa (AN) in adolescent girls. Adolescent girls with AN (N = 88) were divided into one group with and another group without comorbid disorders, and selected subjective and objective measures of illness severity were compared between the two groups. The comorbid group had significantly higher score...

OBJECTIVES To document and describe the incidence and age-specific presentation of early-onset restrictive eating disorders in children across Canada. DESIGN Surveillance study. Cases were ascertained through the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program by surveying approximately 2453 Canadian pediatricians (a 95% participation rate) monthly during a 2-year period. SETTING Canadian pediatri...

Symptoms of depression and eating disorders increase during adolescence, particularly among girls, and they tend to co-occur. Despite this evidence, there is meager research on whether depression increases the risk of future eating pathology, or vice versa, and we do not know whether these processes are different for adolescent girls and boys. Accordingly, this study explored the prospective re...

Anorexia Nervosa is a serious, potentially life-threatening illness characterized by severe malnutrition, with abnormally low body weight (BMI <17.5 kg/m2 or body weight at least 15% below the expected value), an intense fear of weight gain, and an undue emphasis on weight and shape in self-evaluation. Amenorrhea (i.e. loss of three consecutive menstrual cycles) is currently required for the di...

Introduction. Eating disorders (ED) are a group of severe mental health with high prevalence, mortality and associated morbidity. The most common eating anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa binge-eating disorder. Objective. aim the study was to evaluate risk factors, clinical manifestation as well complications for proper diagnostic treatment disorders. Materials method. literature review included...

Eating disorders (EDs) are high prevalent among adolescents with serious consequences. Evidence of effectiveness psychological interventions for eating in lacks a systematic synthesis reviews. The goal this umbrella review is to summarize evidence from reviews examining effects targeting adolescents. Web Science, PsycINFO and Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews were searched on and/or efficacy...

Preliminary research suggests that pediatric overweight is associated with increased eating disorder pathology, however, little is known about which overweight youth are most vulnerable to eating disorder pathology. We therefore investigated 122 overweight treatment-seeking youth to describe eating disorder pathology and mental health correlates, and to identify psychopathological constructs th...

Background: In eating disorders, a negative body image can be manifested in an overestimation of one’s own body dimensions (perceptive component), negative body-related thoughts and feelings (cognitive-affective component), and body avoidance and checking (behavioral component). Objective: This study examines whether these three components of a disturbed body image can be improved by means of a...