Elevated pre-morbid weights in bulimic individuals are usually surpassed post-morbidly: implications for perpetuation of the disorder.
Int J Eat Disord
; 45(4): 512-23, 2012 May.
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| ID: mdl-22271593
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine how often patients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa (BN) surpass their highest pre-morbid weight during the course of their disorder.METHOD:
The weight histories of individuals with BN were determined using retrospective weight data (Study 1) and combined retrospective/prospective data (Study 2).RESULTS:
Retrospective analyses indicated that 59.0% (n = 46) and 61.8% (n = 110), respectively, reported that their highest weight was reached after developing BN. In Study 2, 35.3% of participants superseded their highest pre-enrollment weights during 8 years of follow-up, and 71.6% reached a post-morbid highest weight before remission. Across studies, the primary difference between patients who did and did not reach their highest weight post-morbidly was that those who did had an earlier age of onset and longer duration of BN.DISCUSSION:
Findings are discussed in terms of possible links between BN and weight-gain proneness, weight fluctuation across the course of BN, and implications for treating BN.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Peso Corporal
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Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental
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Bulimia Nervosa
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Eat Disord
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos