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The death of Charlotte Brontë from hyperemesis gravidarum and refeeding syndrome: A new perspective
Many theories have been advanced concerning the cause of Charlotte Bronte's death, none of which fully explain all the symptoms she experienced in the course of her final...
11 days ago - Clinical Nutrition
Persistent low body weight for young kids may place them at higher risk for anorexia nervosa later in adolescence
The study, co-authored by Zeynep Yilmaz, PhD, also found that persistent high body weight in young children may be a risk factor for later development of other eating disorders...
20 days ago - UNC Healthcare
Persistent low body weight in young kids increases risk for anorexia nervosa later, study finds
A new study has found that a persistent low body mass index in children, starting as young as age 2 for boys and 4 for girls, may be a risk factor for the development of...
20 days ago - ScienceDaily - 3 articles
Olanzapine offers modest benefit in weight gain in adults with anorexia
Adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa who received olanzapine gained more weight each month on average than those who received placebo, study findings revealed. “Efforts to...
27 days ago - Healio
Recovering anorexic whose weight plummeted to 5st
Mhairi Stewart, 22, of Glasgow, ate just 300 calories a day and spent up to eight hours exercising while battling anorexia. She is now on the road to recovery.
30 days ago - Daily Mail
Novel approaches for the assessment of relative body weight and body fat in diagnosis and treatment of anorexia nervosa: A cross-sectional study
Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychosomatic disease that seriously affects nutritional status. Therapeutic approaches primarily aim for rapid weight restoration by high caloric...
1 month ago - Clinical Nutrition
Predicting Menstrual Recovery in Teens with Anorexia Nervosa
At a cutoff of approximately 21%, body fat percentage measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis predicted return of menstruation.
1 month ago - Journal Watch
Weight loss predicts complications in anorexia
Study results published in the Journal of Adolescent Health showed that total weight loss and recent weight loss were stronger predictors than admission weight for several...
2 monthes ago - Healio
Third of Hospitalized Adolescents With Life-threatening Anorexia are Not Thin
Rather than being underweight, greater weight loss was associated with life threateningly low pulse rates, a complication of starvation in anorexia nervosa that requires admission.
2 monthes ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
Dietary inflammatory index and parameters of diet quality in normal weight and obese patients undergoing hemodialysis
Protein energy wasting is a major concern in hemodialysis patients and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Wasting originates from an interaction between...
4 monthes ago - Nutrition JRNL
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