Eating disorders and weight problems.
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Biomedical subjects
Dasha Nicholls
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Maternal core beliefs and children's feeding problems.
BACKGROUND: Although maternal mental health problems have been implicated in the exacerbation of childhood feeding difficulties, little research has assessed the contribution of broader maternal cognitions to these problems. The current study examined gender differences in the relationships between mothers' core beliefs and children's feeding problems. METHODS: One hundred and three mothers of girls and 93 mothers of boys (age range, 7-64 months) completed the Young Schema Questionnaire and the Child Feeding Assessment Questionnaire. RESULTS: While controlling for child age, a clear link between maternal core beliefs and perceived feeding difficulties emerged for mothers of girls. In particular, abandonment, failure to achieve, dependence and incompetence, enmeshment and defectiveness, and shame beliefs were associated with increased reports of feeding problems in girls. In contrast, emotional deprivation and subjugation beliefs were associated with maternal reports of food fussiness and food refusal in boys. CONCLUSIONS: There appears to be a clear role for maternal core beliefs in the reporting of feeding difficulties in children, and the specificity of these links differs depending on the gender of the child. Further research is required to establish the direction of causality and the specificity of these relationships.
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Reading the signs of starvation.
UNLABELLED: Guidelines for managing malnutrition in adolescent eating disorders are based on limited evidence. Swenne and Engström's study explored the relationship between symptoms, signs and weight status in this patient group, towards refining clinical approaches to nutritional assessment in adolescents. CONCLUSION: The need to compare findings across studies is crucial for research in nutritional assessment of adolescents
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Eating disorders in adolescents: position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
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