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J Leibrich

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PubMed1986

Investigation of 'weight pathology' of 58 mothers of anorexia nervosa patients and 204 mothers of schoolgirls.

'Weight pathology'--defined by Kalucy et al. (1977) as 'deviations in weight, shape, eating behaviour and activity'--has been hypothesized to be unduly common in families with anorexia nervosa. It was investigated in this study by means of questionnaires evaluating both weight history and attitudes towards weight-related matters in 58 mothers of anorexia nervosa patients and 204 mothers of schoolgirls of similar age and socioeconomic status (SES). No support was found for the hypothesis. A family history of aberrant weight and mother's current weight and past weight histories showed no significant differences between the groups. 142 other mothers of schoolchildren and 446 attenders at Weight Watchers also completed the questionnaire on attitudes towards weight-related matters. Mothers of patients showed a lower concern on all scales than did all other groups. The findings are discussed in relation to earlier controlled studies of family factors in anorexia nervosa.

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PubMed1985

Serious illness in 204 New Zealand families during a 16 year period.

Mothers of 204 senior school pupils completed a questionnaire about serious illness in nuclear family members during the lifetime of each adolescent. The information provided was sufficiently detailed to estimate incidence of various types of illness, to categorise illness by degree of seriousness and to compare illness histories between families. Gynaecological conditions in mothers and accidents and infectious diseases in children were the most common serious illness; asthma was reported in 7% of the individuals (27% of families). There had been 17 deaths, 31 life threatening illnesses, 108 major illnesses (defined as at least one week in hospital for a medical condition or for major surgery), 150 serious but non-major illnesses and 84 episodes of minor surgery. Six percent of families reported 36% of the medically serious illnesses.

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