Cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in body composition, anxiety, and depression in a clinical sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

Objective: Eating disorders among children and adolescents have increased in prevalence, and mortality rates for anorexia nervosa are among the highest for any psychiatric disorder. Our current study aimed to (a) examine the cross-sectional relationship between body composition and anxiety/depressive symptoms among 97 adolescents and young adults who have been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, (b) examine the longitudinal changes in body composition and anxiety/depressive symptoms over three months (from baseline to follow-up visit), and (c) examine the longitudinal relationship between change in body composition and change in anxiety/depression over three months.

Method: A retrospective chart review was conducted within an interdisciplinary eating disorder clinic between August 2019 and December 2021.

Association between Body Composition Parameters and Heart Rate in a Sample of Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa.

Objectives: Eating disorders affect the physical and mental health of millions of Americans. Body composition trends in relation to heart rate in adolescents with eating disorders remain understudied. The aim of the present study was to determine whether body composition parameters (percent body fat, percent skeletal muscle mass) are correlated with heart rate in a sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

The impact of COVID-19 on adolescents with eating disorders: Increased need for medical stabilization and decreased access to care.

Objective: We aimed to identify trends of patients with eating disorders (EDs) requiring hospitalization before and during the pandemic at a children's hospital in the southeastern United States.

Method: A retrospective chart review was completed for 71 adolescents and young adults (ages 10-21 years; M = 14.61, SD = 2.