Parents fear healthy eating lessons may be triggering eating disorders in children as young as seven
NHS data released this month shows record numbers of children and teenagers are currently undergoing NHS treatment for eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicidality in adolescents with onset of anorexia nervosa - Mereu A, Fantoni T, Caini S, Monzali F, Roselli E, Taddei S, Lucarelli S, Pisano T.
OBJECTIVES: The mortality rate in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) is 5 to 10 times higher than in general population and, suicide is one of the main causes of death. We evaluated the prevalence of suicidality (ideation, self-injurious behaviour, suici... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Virtual reality game a top clinic hopes will help anorexia patients
It is the deadly eating disorder that is notoriously hard to treat. A third of anorexia sufferers - characterised by restrictive eating and dramatic weight loss - relapse within five years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman has NINE children after being told anorexia left her infertile
Aged 20, Leah Williams, from Tenbury Wells, Worcester, was at her lowest weight - 5st 7lbs, and her periods stopped. But at 24, she married her husband Nick and had her daughter, Eleanor. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Record number of children are being treated by the NHS for eating disorders following pandemic
Between April and December last year, almost 10,000 started treatment for disorders such as anorexia and bulimia - up by nearly two-thirds on the number before the pandemic. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) variations in relationship with childhood maltreatment in patients with anorexia nervosa: a retrospective cohort study - Bou Khalil R, Risch N, Sleilaty G, Richa S, S énèque M, Lefebvre P, Sultan A, Avignon A, Maimoun L, Renard E, Courtet P, Guillaume S.
PURPOSE: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious mental illness. It is frequently accompanied by a history of childhood maltreatment (CM) that may constitute a specific ecophenotype in patients with eating disorders necessitating special assessment and manageme... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The 3st woman who is starving to DEATH: Doctors wrongly branded 36-year-old anorexic...
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Nicolette Baker, 36, from Truro, Cornwall, has shrunk to just three stone and is currently receiving palliative care. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating disorders: A national clinical guideline (SIGN 164)
This provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in management of people with eating disorders, covering anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and eating-disordered psychopathology occurring in the context of type 1 diabetes mellitus. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The hidden burden of eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lancet Psychiatry
Eating disorders are disabling, potentially fatal, and costly mental disorders that substantially impair physical health and disrupt psychosocial functioning.1 Both international disease classification systems (DSM-5 and ICD-11) list seven major eating disorders. These include the well known diagnostic categories of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and three additional disorders: avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, and rumination disorder. There is also a category of otherwise specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Searching for a Better Treatment for Eating Disorders Searching for a Better Treatment for Eating Disorders
Scientists are seeking new innovations to help people grappling with the pervasive and often-hidden problems of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating.Knowable Magazine (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - December 17, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Pandemic Brought Big Rise in New Cases of Anorexia
With everything disrupted -- including meals, exercise, sleep patterns and connections with friends -- vulnerable children and teens may have turned to food restriction. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - December 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pandemic Brought Big Rise in New Cases of Anorexia
MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 -- A new study confirms yet another consequence of the pandemic for children and teenagers: Eating disorders, and hospitalizations for them, rose sharply in 2020.
The study of six hospitals across Canada found new diagnoses of... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Cases of anorexia among teens aged 13 to 16 jumped 65% during first wave of pandemic, study finds
Researchers from McGill University found that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a surge in the amount of people suffering from anorexia during Covid's first wave. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anorexia Cases Among Children & Teens Have Risen During Covid-19: Study
A new study delves into the latest evidence that shows there was an almost 66 percent jump per month in anorexia diagnoses among girls between the ages of 9 to 18 years during the first wave of the pandemic. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 7, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anuradha Varanasi, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Coronavirus Source Type: news
Revealed: Widespread gaps in ‘gold-standard’ service a year on from NHSE launch
More than half of England has limited or no access to a ‘gold standard’ eating disorder programme proven to halve the need for intensive treatment, a year after NHS England funded 18 pilot projects in the wake of five women’s anorexia deaths, HSJ analysis reveals. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - December 6, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
