In defense of weight phobia as the central organizing motive in anorexia nervosa: historical and cultural arguments for a culture-sensitive psychological conception
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Culture-sensitive psychological motive of weight phobia is the main criterion used to diagnose cases of anorexia nervosa. Four groups of culturally and historically distinct cases of self-initiated weight loss are analyzed. Modern Western anorexia nervosa with weight phobia is distinct from other groups of cases of extreme fasting without weight phobia. Groups of patients with anorexia nervosa are more similar compared to those between anorexia nervosa and the other four groups of cases.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 1996
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Predictors of low bone density in young adolescent females with anorexia nervosa and other dieting disorders
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A comparison of the bone density of adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa with adolescents showing other dieting disorders is presented. It was established that dieting adolescent females with amenorrhea but no eating disorder and those with eating disorders not otherwise specified are at similar risk of low bone density as adolescent females with anorexia nervosa.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2001
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Serum beta-carotene in anorexia nervosa patients: a case-control study
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Research into the prevalence of hypercarotenemia in a group of patients with anorexia nervosa is presented. This work also looked at serum beta-carotene values among restricting and purging anorexics. It was found that the prevalence of elevated serum beta-carotene in anorexia nervosa patients is as high as 62%.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2001
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