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Childhood Anorexia Nervosa Compared with Low Weight Food Intake Disorder Without Weight and Shape-Related Psychopathology: A Retrospective Study of 102 Patients

Wallin, Ulf LU and Råstam, Maria LU orcid (2016) In European Eating Disorders Review 24(4). p.329-333
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the clinical presentation of children with anorexia nervosa (AN group) with that of children with low-weight food intake disorder without weight and shape-related psychopathology (non-AN group).
METHOD:
Medical and psychiatric data were obtained from the case records of a consecutive series of 102 children with an eating disorder and a pronounced low weight who were below the age of 13 at the start of treatment.
RESULTS:
Fifty-eight patients constituted the AN group, and 44 constituted the non-AN group. The non-AN group was younger and had a longer duration of symptoms than the AN group. The non-AN group also had a lower maximum premorbid weight and shorter stature. There were no differences in... (More)
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the clinical presentation of children with anorexia nervosa (AN group) with that of children with low-weight food intake disorder without weight and shape-related psychopathology (non-AN group).
METHOD:
Medical and psychiatric data were obtained from the case records of a consecutive series of 102 children with an eating disorder and a pronounced low weight who were below the age of 13 at the start of treatment.
RESULTS:
Fifty-eight patients constituted the AN group, and 44 constituted the non-AN group. The non-AN group was younger and had a longer duration of symptoms than the AN group. The non-AN group also had a lower maximum premorbid weight and shorter stature. There were no differences in medical severity, but the AN group had more psychiatric treatment.
DISCUSSION:
The non-AN group seems to have a medically equally severe disorder as the AN group, but is less often detected and properly treated. Copyright © 2016 The Authors European Eating Disorders Review published by Eating Disorders Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (Less)
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child; anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; restrictive eating; course
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European Eating Disorders Review
volume
24
issue
4
pages
5 pages
publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
external identifiers
  • pmid:27071668
  • scopus:84974696060
  • wos:000378722800113
ISSN
1072-4133
DOI
10.1002/erv.2447
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English
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  abstract     = {{OBJECTIVE: <br>
To compare the clinical presentation of children with anorexia nervosa (AN group) with that of children with low-weight food intake disorder without weight and shape-related psychopathology (non-AN group).<br>
METHOD: <br>
Medical and psychiatric data were obtained from the case records of a consecutive series of 102 children with an eating disorder and a pronounced low weight who were below the age of 13 at the start of treatment.<br>
RESULTS: <br>
Fifty-eight patients constituted the AN group, and 44 constituted the non-AN group. The non-AN group was younger and had a longer duration of symptoms than the AN group. The non-AN group also had a lower maximum premorbid weight and shorter stature. There were no differences in medical severity, but the AN group had more psychiatric treatment.<br>
DISCUSSION: <br>
The non-AN group seems to have a medically equally severe disorder as the AN group, but is less often detected and properly treated. Copyright © 2016 The Authors European Eating Disorders Review published by Eating Disorders Association and John Wiley &amp; Sons Ltd.}},
  author       = {{Wallin, Ulf and Råstam, Maria}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{329--333}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{European Eating Disorders Review}},
  title        = {{Childhood Anorexia Nervosa Compared with Low Weight Food Intake Disorder Without Weight and Shape-Related Psychopathology: A Retrospective Study of 102 Patients}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2447}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/erv.2447}},
  volume       = {{24}},
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