Cities as a risk factor in eating disorders
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A primary care study carried out in the Netherlands in 1985-89 suggests that bulimia nervosa is much more common in large cities, whereas the incidence of anorexia nervosa does not seem to be affected by urbanisation. For bulimia, the incidence rate per year per 100,000 women was 37.9 in cities with over 100,000 inhabitants, 19.9 in urbanised areas and only 6.6 in rural areas. Reasons why living in large cities could affect the rate of bulimia could include separation from one's family and consequent rise in stress; more pressure to be slim; and more stimuli which might provoke binge eating.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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Unhappy eater: eating disorders are complex and varied conditions
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A 40 year old mother of three teenage children describes her experience of 23 years of anorexia. She recalls how after developing anorexia at the age of 17, it appeared to recede when she married and had a family, only to reappear again when her marriage encountered problems. She describes the lack of sympathy from her male GP, and the help received from a female doctor who intervened to send her to a hospital eating disorder unit. She recalls having to be fed intravenously and the resulting feeling of not being in control of her body.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Comfort eating
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A research project was set up to consider whether disabled children who have to be enterally fed are at risk of being deprived of the social bonds which are established by eating with their family. The findings confirmed that many families are unsure whether to try and include their child or not. There are numerous benefits in including the child, such as helping speech development, bringing pleasure, improving coordination and maintaining the ability to swallow. Details of how this can be achieved are given.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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