Risk factors for eating disorders: surprising similarities between middle school boys and girls.

This study examined body dissatisfaction (BD), drive for thinness (DT), and self-esteem in middle school students. Participants were 40 girls and 36 boys aged 11-13. Students completed BD and DT Eating Disorder Inventory subscales and the Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire.

Primary prevention of eating disorders through attitude change: a two country comparison.

Primary prevention of eating disorders though increasing the knowledge base about eating disorders has been ineffectual, and in some cases has had a deleterious effect. The following study compared the efficacy of a classroom intervention using cognitive dissonance and repetition, in Italy and the U.S.

Short-term group CBT versus psycho-education on an inpatient eating disorder unit.

The purpose of the current study was to compare, on an inpatient eating disorder unit, short-term cognitive behavior group therapy with a psycho-education group.

Impact of the media on adolescent body image.

The mass media have become a powerful force throughout the world and strongly influence how people see themselves and others. This is particularly true for adolescents. This article discusses how the media affect body image and self-esteem and why the media seem to have such strong effects on adolescents.

Smoking in adolescence: what a clinician can do to help.

Approximately 4400 adolescents try their first cigarette every day in the United States. Trying a few cigarettes or using tobacco more regularly as an adolescent significantly increases the risk of smoking in adulthood. Adolescents can develop nicotine dependency after smoking relatively few cigarettes.

Use of nutritional supplements to increase the efficacy of fluoxetine in the treatment of anorexia nervosa.

Objective: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication does not appear to be effective in ill, malnourished anorexia nervosa (AN) patients. However, it may be effective in preventing relapse after weight restoration. The purpose of this study was to determine whether nutritional supplements could potentiate the effects of fluoxetine in underweight AN subjects.

A comparison of cognitive and behavioral symptoms between Mexican and American eating disorder patients.

Objective: Mexican and U.S. patients with anorexia nervosa or bulimia (complete and partial syndromes) were compared on severity and types of preoccupations and rituals related to eating disorders and the motivation to change.

Obsessions and compulsions in anorexia nervosa subtypes.

Objective: Obsession and compulsions in anorexia nervosa (AN) patients are often confused with the preoccupations and rituals that are characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We examined the type and frequency of characteristic OCD obsessions and compulsions in a large sample of AN patients.

Method: In personal interviews with 324 AN patients, we assessed lifetime histories of eating disorder symptomatology and obsessive-compulsive behaviors with valid semistructured interviews.

Energy intake and body composition in anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

Energy intake during the weight gain phase and the weight maintenance phase was examined in three groups of inpatients: 64 anorectic restrictors (AN-R), 37 anorectic bulimics (AN-B), and 74 normal-weight bulimics (BN). The influence of body composition and other variables such as weight, exercise, and bingeing and purging frequencies on energy intake was analyzed. Eating disorder subgroups were found to differ in energy intakes to gain weight and to maintain weight within a target weight range.