Self-worth and psychological adjustment of obese children: An analysis through the Draw-A-Person.

Aim: To investigate psychopathological correlates of child obesity via the Draw-A-Person test (DAP).

Methods: The participants were 50 children with a mean age of 9.74 years.

The prevalence of eating disorders in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.

This study examines the hypothesis of an association between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and eating disorders (EDs). A population of young females affected by AIS has been interviewed for a possible diagnosis of EDs. The proportion of individuals with EDs resulted significantly larger than normative epidemiological data: Prevalences were 9.