Publications by authors named "Richard Kreipe"

Early identification and intervention are critical to prevent physical and mental health complications, chronicity, and premature death associated with eating disorders. However, primary medical and behavioral health care clinicians often do not feel confident or competent to diagnose and manage patients with eating disorders. This pilot study describes an innovative telementoring project ( that builds a geographically defined collaborative learning community to bridge the knowledge gap between eating disorder specialists located in eating disorder service sites and community-based practitioners, often living in remote areas.

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The medical practitioner has an important role to play in the management of adolescents with eating disorders, usually as part of a multidisciplinary team. This article reviews the role of the medical practitioner in the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders, updating the reader on the changing epidemiology of eating disorders, revised diagnostic criteria, newer methods of assessing degree of malnutrition, more aggressive approaches to refeeding, and current approaches to managing low bone mass.

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Recent research has modified both the conceptualization and treatment of eating disorders. New diagnostic criteria reducing the "not otherwise specified" category should facilitate the early recognition and treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). Technology-based studies identify AN and BN as "brain circuit" disorders; epidemiologic studies reveal that the narrow racial, ethnic and income profile of individuals no longer holds true for AN.

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The Life Course Perspective (LCP), or Model, is now a guiding framework in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) activities, including training, supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau. As generally applied, the LCP tends to focus on pre- through post-natal stages, infancy and early childhood, with less attention paid to adolescents as either the "maternal" or "child" elements of MCH discourse. Adolescence is a distinct developmental period with unique opportunities for the development of health, competence and capacity and not merely a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood.

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Disorders related to ingesting adequate variety and amounts of food, often dichotomized into feeding or eating disorders, depending on the need for affected individuals to be fed or to eat on their own respectively, include a wide variety of conditions. This paper focuses on disorders that are not also associated with behaviors related to weight-control or self-concept strongly influenced by body weight or shape, as seen in anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. In contrast to eating disorders, there is a relatively sparse body of literature, inconsistent and confusing set of terms and definitions, and conflicting classification schemes applied to feeding/eating disturbances.

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Objective: To examine the agreement between three methods to calculate expected body weight (EBW) for adolescents with eating disorders: (1) BMI percentile, (2) McLaren, and (3) Moore methods.

Methods: The authors conducted a cross-sectional analysis of baseline information from adolescents seeking treatment of disordered eating at The University of Chicago. Adolescents (N = 373) aged 12 to 18 years (mean = 15.

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Objective: To review the literature related to the current DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood; pica; rumination disorder; and other childhood presentations that are characterized by avoidance of food or restricted food intake, with the purpose of informing options for DSM-V.

Method: Articles were identified by computerized and manual searches and reviewed to evaluate the evidence supporting possible options for revision of criteria.

Results: The study of childhood feeding and eating disturbances has been hampered by inconsistencies in classification and use of terminology.

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Introduction: There has been a paucity of theory-based interventions to improve health outcomes in overweight adolescents. Therefore, two intervention studies were conducted to: (a) determine the feasibility of implementing the Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (COPE) Healthy Lifestyles Thinking, Emotions, Exercise, and Nutrition (TEEN) program with overweight adolescents; (b) obtain feedback that could be used to refine the program; and (c) examine the preliminary efficacy of the COPE program on the adolescents' weight and body mass index (BMI).

Method: Phase I and Phase II clinical trials were conducted with 23 overweight teens.

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Introduction: A tripling in the number of overweight adolescents has occurred during the past two decades, with type 2 diabetes reaching epidemic proportions. Although obesity has been identified as a correlate of depression and low self-esteem in adolescents, the relationships among key cognitive/mental health variables and healthy attitudes, beliefs, choices, and behaviors in overweight teens have yet to be explored. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe these relationships so that an effective intervention program to promote and sustain healthy lifestyle behaviors could be implemented.

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Purpose: Preventive services guidelines recommend screening all adolescents for diet habits, physical activity and growth, counseling underweight teens about body image and dieting patterns, and counseling overweight or obese teens about dietary habits and exercise. In this study, we assess whether adolescents at risk for overweight or for eating disorders have discussed recommended diet and nutrition topics with their physicians.

Methods: We surveyed 14-18-year-old adolescents who had been seen for well care in primary care pediatric and family medicine practices.

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Somatoform disorders are presented in the first article in this issue of Adolescent Medicine Clinics because the physical symptoms that cause the adolescent to present for diagnosis and treatment reflect the interaction of the psyche and the soma in ways that are poorly understood. Because of dualistic conceptualizations that are encouraged by technology such as MRI, CT scans and other technologically advanced tools, patients who have these conditions often suffer. As noted by Cassell [35], "suffering is experienced by persons, not merely by bodies, and has its source in challenges that threaten the intactness of the person as a complex social and psychological entity.

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Patients with psychologic diagnosis such as eating disorders have been automatically disqualified as candidates for plastic surgery. We have previously reported on a cohort of women with bulimia nervosa who presented with symptomatic macromastia. All patients reported that dysfunctional eating habits where in part the result of breast enlargement.

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This article addresses practical issues facing the primary care practitioner caring for an adolescent with an eating disorder. It is grounded in the four elements of successful treatment noted by Comerci: (1) recognizing the disorder and restoring physiologic stability early in its course, (2) establishing a trusting, therapeutic partnership with the adolescent, (3) involving the family in treatment, and (4) using an interdisciplinary team approach. Although primary care practitioners often have an established relationship with their patients, adolescents with eating disorders present special challenges.

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