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New Info on Eating Disorders in Two Stanford/Packard Children's Studies
URL: http://www.lpch.org/newsEvents/NewsReleases/2006/eatingDisorders.html

Description:
December 2006 news release discusses two studies about childhood eating disorders, one that "confirm(s) that pro-eating disorder Web sites may promote dangerous behaviors in adolescents with eating disorders" and another that "indicates that pre-teens with eating disorders tend to lose weight more quickly than adolescents with the condition and weigh comparatively less at diagnosis." Includes links to fact sheets about eating disorders. From the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

LII Topics: Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders, Mental Conditions, Women's Health

Publisher:
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Extra Keywords
pediatrics Bulimia nervosa anorexia prepubescent

LII Database Information:
Record 23178 created by Jennifer English on 01/13/2007
Last modification on 01/16/2007
Published: 01/17/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23178

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