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Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Johannes Hebebrand | Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann

(2018)

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Abstract

Get a quick, expert overview of best practices for diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders in children and adolescents. This concise resource by Drs. Johannes Hebebrand and Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann provides psychiatrists and pediatricians with current information in this increasingly important field, including practical sections on developmental aspects of eating disorders, symptomology, epidemiology, etiology and pathyphysiology, treatment and outcomes, and prevention.

  • Discusses general concepts for feeding, eating, and weight disorders; body weight and composition, appetite regulation, and the emergence of body perception and image.
  • Covers genetics of eating and weight disorders, influence of hormones, intergenerational effects, and food addiction.
  • Includes information on cognitive behavioral therapy, family-based therapies, early intervention, pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery, and other treatments.
  • Consolidates today’s available information on this timely topic into a single convenient resource.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents i
Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents iii
Copyright iv
List of Contributors v
Eating and Weight Disorders at the Beginning of the Third Millennium ix
References ix
Contents xi
I INTRODUCTION 1
1 - Overarching Key Issues for Feeding, Eating, and Weight Disorders 1
PHENOMENOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS 1
Feeding and Eating Disorders 1
Weight Disorders 3
GETTING A GRIP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE POLYGENIC DISSECTION OF EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS 4
THE URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF FEEDING, EATING, AND WEIGHT DISORDERS 4
REFERENCES 6
II DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS 9
2 - Developmentally Appropriate Assessment of Body Weight and Body Composition From Childhood to Adulthood With a Focus on Eating and Weight Disorders 9
USE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE BODY MASS INDEX 9
BODY MASS INDEX AND HEALTH RISKS 9
BMI AND WEIGHT CATEGORIES AND THEIR PREVALENCES 10
DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS 10
BODY WEIGHT IN FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS 13
OUTLOOK 14
REFERENCES 14
3 - Appetite Control—Biological and Psychological Factors 17
HUMANS ARE OMNIVORES 17
FOOD CHOICE AND HEDONIC PROCESSES 17
WHAT IS HOMEOSTATIC APPETITE CONTROL? 18
EPISODIC PROCESSES AND THE SATIETY CASCADE 18
TONIC PROCESSES OF APPETITE AND THE DRIVE TO EAT 20
IMPLICATIONS 20
SUMMARY 21
REFERENCES 22
4 - Emerging Change in Body Perception During Growth and Development Among Children and Adolescents 23
INTRODUCTION 23
MAJOR FINDINGS 23
Body Perception Related to Gender- and Age-Specific Body Measurements 23
Body Perception and Characteristics of Female Pubertal Development 24
CONCLUSION 26
OUTLOOK 26
REFERENCES 26
III SYMPTOMATOLOGY: EATING DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 29
5 - ARFID and Other Eating Disorders of Childhood 29
EPIDEMIOLOGY 29
SUBTYPING ARFID 30
THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN ARFID AND EATING DISORDERS 30
TREATMENT 31
OTHER EATING DISORDERS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD 31
CHILDHOOD ONSET ANOREXIA NERVOSA 32
CONCLUSION 32
REFERENCES 32
6 - Loss of Control Eating in Children 35
DEFINITION AND PHENOMENOLOGY OF LOSS OF CONTROL 35
DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF LOC 35
Developmental Contributions to Dietary Restraint in Children and Adolescents 35
Developmental Considerations of Emotion Dysregulation and Distraction in Children 35
The Course of Loss of Control Episodes 36
Measurement of loss of control eating 36
TREATMENT OF LOSS OF CONTROL EATING IN CHILDREN 37
FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING LOC EATING 37
REFERENCES 38
IV ADOLESCENT EATING DISORDERS 39
7 - Adolescent Eating Disorders—Definition, Symptomatology, and Comorbidity 39
INTRODUCTION 39
ANOREXIA NERVOSA 39
Definition 39
Symptomatology 40
BULIMIA NERVOSA 40
Definition 40
Symptomatology 41
Binge Eating Disorder and Loss of Control Eating 41
MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES AND COMORBIDITY WITH MENTAL DISORDERS 41
Somatic Symptoms 41
ENDOCRINE CHANGES 42
ENDOCRINE CHANGES IN EATING DISORDERS18 42
PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY IN ADOLESCENT EATING DISORDERS 43
Anxiety Disorders 43
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 43
Autism Spectrum Disorder 44
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 44
Substance Abuse Disorder 44
Suicidality and Self-Injurious Behavior 44
CONCLUSION 44
REFERENCES 45
8 - Adolescent Obesity and Comorbidity 47
SOMATIC COMORBIDITIES 47
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES 50
REFERENCES 51
V EPIDEMIOLOGY 53
9 - Incidence and Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Children and Adolescents 53
INTRODUCTION 53
WHAT DOES DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY AIM TO DO? 53
INCIDENCE 54
Community-Based Incidence of Eating Disorders 54
Clinical Incidence of Anorexia Nervosa 54
Clinical Incidence of Bulimia Nervosa 54
Has the True Incidence of EDs Increased Over Time Among Adolescents? 54
PREVALENCE 55
Lifetime Prevalence 55
Current Prevalence 55
WHY STUDYING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EDS IS CHALLENGING 58
CONCLUSION 60
REFERENCES 61
10 - Development, Tracking, Distribution, and Time Trends in Body Weight During Childhood 63
NATURAL COURSE OF WEIGHT GAIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF OBESITY 63
TRACKING OF BMI DURING CHILDHOOD AND THROUGH ADULTHOOD 63
Tracking by Age 63
Changes in Tracking Over Birth Cohorts 63
PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 63
Prevalence by Sex and Age 63
Changes in Prevalence over Time 64
Incidence of Overweight and Obesity 64
PREVALENCE OF UNDERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 64
PERSISTENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY 64
Determinants of Persistence of Overweight and Obesity 65
CONCLUSIONS 65
REFERENCES 65
VI ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 67
11 - Genetics of Eating and Weight Disorders 67
INTRODUCTION 67
MAJOR FINDINGS 68
Obesity 68
Anorexia Nervosa 68
Composite Phenotype, Cross-Trait, and Look-Up Studies 68
Composite Phenotype Analyses 68
Cross-Trait Analyses 68
Look-Up Studies 69
CONCLUSION 69
OUTLOOK 70
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 70
REFERENCES 70
12 - Influence of Hormones on the Development of Eating Disorders 73
INTRODUCTION 73
REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES 73
Estradiol and Progesterone 73
Eating disorders 73
VII TREATMENT 111
18 - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Adolescent Eating Disorders 111
INTRODUCTION 111
RATIONALE BEHIND CBT-E FOR ADOLESCENTS 111
TREATMENT GOALS 111
GENERAL STRATEGIES OF THE TREATMENT 112
TREATMENT STRUCTURE AND MAIN PROCEDURES 112
Preparing Adolescent Patients for Treatment 112
Step 1—Starting Well 113
Step 2—Addressing the Change 114
Step 3—Ending Well 115
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT 115
ADAPTATION FOR INTENSIVE LEVELS OF CARE 115
EFFECTIVENESS OF CBT-E FOR ADOLESCENTS 115
CONCLUSIONS 116
REFERENCES 116
19 - Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Eating Disorders 117
CORE PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES 117
APPLICATIONS OF FBT 118
Dose of Treatment 118
Target Population 118
Implementation 119
CONCLUSION 120
REFERENCES 120
20 - Inpatient and Day Patient Treatment of Adolescents With Eating Disorders 123
INTRODUCTION 123
TREATMENT SETTINGS 123
Inpatient Treatment 123
Nutritional Rehabilitation 124
Psychotherapy 124
Other Therapeutic Approaches 125
Medication 125
Relapse and Rehospitalization 125
Day Patient Treatment 126
Evidence for Different Treatment Settings 126
Bulimia Nervosa 126
CONCLUSION 127
REFERENCES 127
21 - Early Intervention for Eating Disorders in Young People 129
INTRODUCTION 129
What Is Early Intervention? 129
Why Is Early Intervention Important in Eating Disorders? 129
Laying the Foundations: Learning From Early Intervention in Psychosis 129
Key Concepts and Issues in Early Intervention in Eating Disorders 130
Key Features of Early Intervention in Eating Disorders 130
MAJOR FINDINGS 131
A Systemic Public Health Intervention for Early Intervention in Anorexia Nervosa Across the Life Span 131
A Service-Led Model of Early Intervention for Emerging Adults With EDs 132
CONCLUSION 133
OUTLOOK 133
REFERENCES 133
22 - Pharmacotherapy of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents 135
PHARMACOTHERAPY OF EATING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 135
Pharmacotherapy of Anorexia Nervosa 135
Antidepressant medications for the treatment of anorexia nervosa 135
Antipsychotic medications for the treatment of anorexia nervosa 136
Other medications used in the treatment of anorexia nervosa 137
Medications used in the treatment of osteopenia in anorexia nervosa 137
Pharmacotherapy of Bulimia Nervosa 137
Antidepressant medication for the treatment of bulimia nervosa 138
Antiepileptics and mood stabilizers for the treatment of bulimia nervosa 138
Other medications used for the treatment of bulimia nervosa 138
Pharmacotherapy for Binge Eating Disorder 139
Antidepressant medications for the treatment of binge eating disorder 139
Other Medication treatments for binge eating disorder 139
Pharmacotherapy for Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder 139
Pharmacotherapy for Rumination Disorder 139
Pharmacotherapy for Pica 139
CONCLUSION 139
REFERENCES 140
23 - Conventional Weight Loss Programs 143
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE 143
CONVENTIONAL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS: STATE OF THE ART 143
CONVENTIONAL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS: EVIDENCE 143
CONVENTIONAL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS: PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS 145
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: SUGGESTION FOR A MULTILEVELED TREATMENT APPROACH 145
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 146
REFERENCES 146
24 - Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery as a Treatment for Adolescent Severe Obesity 149
INTRODUCTION 149
Major Findings 149
CONCLUSION 151
OUTLOOK 151
REFERENCES 151
VIII COURSE AND OUTCOME 153
25 - Staging Model of Eating Disorders 153
INTRODUCTION 153
What Is the Evidence to Support a Staging Model for Eating Disorders? 153
High eating disorder risk 154
Ultrahigh risk/prodrome 154
Early stage of illness 154
Full-stage illness 155
Severe and enduring illness 155
Learning and habit formation (neuroadaptation) 155
The brain consequences of starvation and poor nutrition (neuroprogression) 155
Social functioning 155
Clinical Implications 156
CONCLUSION 156
REFERENCES 156
WEB REFERENCE 157
26 - Outcomes of Anorexic and Bulimic Eating Disorders 159
INTRODUCTION 159
Outcomes of Anorexia Nervosa 159
Outcomes of Bulimia Nervosa 160
Recovery 160
Chronicity and diagnostic crossover 160
Multiple follow-ups 160
Chronicity and diagnostic crossover 161
Risk Factors for Unfavorable Outcomes 161
Mortality 163
CONCLUSIONS 163
REFERENCES 163
27 - Outcome of Childhood Obesity 165
INTRODUCTION 165
Hepatic complications 165
Pulmonary complications 165
Musculoskeletal complications 166
Psychologic and psychosocial complications 166
SUMMARY 166
All-cause mortality 166
Cardiovascular disease 167
Type 2 diabetes mellitus 167
Cancer 167
SUMMARY 167
Weight Patterns from Childhood to Adult Ages and Mortality and Morbidity 167
SUMMARY 168
REFERENCES 168
IX PREVENTION 171
28 - Eating Disorder Prevention Programs 171
INTRODUCTION 171
Bulimia nervosa 171
Binge eating disorder 172
Purging disorder 172
Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Programs 172
Body project 172
Healthy weight 173
Student bodies 173
Student Athlete Eating Disorder Prevention Program 174
Mindfulness eating disorder prevention 174
IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS 174
CONCLUSIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 175
REFERENCES 175
Index 179
A 179
B 180
C 180
D 181
E 181
F 182
G 182
H 182
I 182
L 182
M 183
N 183
O 183
P 183
Q 183
R 183
S 184
T 184
U 184
V 184
W 184
Y 184
Z 184