Yoga as an intervention to promote bone and mental health in adolescent females with anorexia nervosa: a pilot study.

In this randomized pilot study, we examined the effects of yoga intervention on axial and peripheral bone mineral density (BMD), disordered eating cognitions, anxiety, and depression in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa (AN). Fifteen young women aged 13-18 years with AN or atypical AN were randomized to either a Yoga group ( = 7), including twice-weekly yoga for 24 weeks plus standard outpatient care, or Non-Yoga group ( = 8), who received standard outpatient care alone. Data from anthropometrics, mental health and eating behavior questionnaires, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, and peripheral quantitative computed tomography measurements were obtained at baseline and 6 months.

Correlation of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Response to Visual Food Stimuli With Clinical Measures in Adolescents With Restrictive Eating Disorders.

Purpose: Previous reports have shown limbic dysregulation in patients with restrictive eating disorders (EDs). This study investigated functional responses in brain systems to visual food stimuli and their correlation with psychological and behavioral outcomes.

Methods: A total of 18 females, aged 13-18 years, who were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (n = 11) or atypical anorexia nervosa (n = 7), completed functional magnetic resonance imaging during a visual food paradigm.