Friday, October, 23, 2009
Eating Disorders In Children
December 15, 2008
Diabetic children are more likely to have a problem with disordered eating than their healthy peers, and researchers want to know why. Experts say that the problem may be that diabetes treatment prescribes some measure of food restriction. But it may also be that fluctuating insulin levels lead to hunger, which can cause weight gain. Researchers at Emory and Harvard are planning to study a group of diabetic children for three years in hopes of understanding the factors that influence the risk of...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Eileen Bailey
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Health Expert
As children head back to school, parents of children with ADHD worry about academic performance,...
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By Merely Me
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Health Expert
Some of you had expressed concern over your child's eating habits in your comments to my last...
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By Terry Matlen, ACSW
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Health Expert
...findings in a symposium at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 54th Annual...
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By Terry Matlen, ACSW
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Health Expert
There are many behaviors seen in children and adults with ADHD that just make sense, when you...
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By Beth McNamara
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Health Expert
...first of two days of educational programming at the Children With Diabetes Conference held June...
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Health Guide
...adolescents and young adults. However, new research finds that they are increasingly prevalent among young
children.
Eating disorders are more difficult to identify in young
children because they...
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...fail to provide a safe and secure foundation in infancy may foster
eating disorders. In such cases,
children experience so-called insecure attachments. They are more likely to have greater weight...
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...tend to gain fat in the belly and waist.Risk by Age. People of any age are at risk for obesity. More
children and adolescents are overweight in America than ever before. Gaining some weight is...
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...for other functions.Thyroid hormones are lower.Stress hormones are higher.Growth hormones are lower.
Children and adolescents with anorexia may experience retarded growth.The result of many of...
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...Behavior Therapywww.psych.org -- The American Psychiatric Associationwww.aacap.org -- American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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