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Haines MS, Kimball A, Meenaghan E, Bachmann KN, Santoso K, Eddy KT, Singhal V, Ebrahimi S, Dechant E, Weigel T, Ciotti L, Keane RJ, Gleysteen S, Mickley D, Bredella MA, Tan CO, Gupta R, Misra M, Schoenfeld D, Klibanski A, Miller KK. Sequential Therapy With Recombinant Human IGF-1 Followed by Risedronate Increases Spine Bone Mineral Density in Women With Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. J Bone Miner Res 2021; 36:2116-2126. [PMID: 34355814 PMCID: PMC8595577 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Anorexia nervosa is complicated by low bone mineral density (BMD) and increased fracture risk associated with low bone formation and high bone resorption. The lumbar spine is most severely affected. Low bone formation is associated with relative insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) deficiency. Our objective was to determine whether bone anabolic therapy with recombinant human (rh) IGF-1 used off-label followed by antiresorptive therapy with risedronate would increase BMD more than risedronate or placebo in women with anorexia nervosa. We conducted a 12-month, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 90 ambulatory women with anorexia nervosa and low areal BMD (aBMD). Participants were randomized to three groups: 6 months of rhIGF-1 followed by 6 months of risedronate ("rhIGF-1/Risedronate") (n = 33), 12 months of risedronate ("Risedronate") (n = 33), or double placebo ("Placebo") (n = 16). Outcome measures were lumbar spine (1° endpoint: postero-anterior [PA] spine), hip, and radius aBMD by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and vertebral, tibial, and radial volumetric BMD (vBMD) and estimated strength by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pCT) (for extremity measurements) and multi-detector computed tomography (for vertebral measurements). At baseline, mean age, body mass index (BMI), aBMD, and vBMD were similar among groups. At 12 months, mean PA lumbar spine aBMD was higher in the rhIGF-1/Risedronate (p = 0.03) group and trended toward being higher in the Risedronate group than Placebo. Mean lateral lumbar spine aBMD was higher, in the rhIGF-1/Risedronate than the Risedronate or Placebo groups (p < 0.05). Vertebral vBMD was higher, and estimated strength trended toward being higher, in the rhIGF-1/Risedronate than Placebo group (p < 0.05). Neither hip or radial aBMD or vBMD, nor radial or tibial estimated strength, differed among groups. rhIGF-1 was well tolerated. Therefore, sequential therapy with rhIGF-1 followed by risedronate increased lateral lumbar spine aBMD more than risedronate or placebo. Strategies that are anabolic and antiresorptive to bone may be effective at increasing BMD in women with anorexia nervosa. © 2021 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
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- Melanie Schorr Haines
- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cambridge Eating Disorder Center, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Klarman Eating Disorders Center, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Klarman Eating Disorders Center, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wilkins Center for Eating Disorders, Greenwich, CT, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Schorr M, Klibanski A. Anorexia Nervosa and Bone. CURRENT OPINION IN ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC RESEARCH 2018; 3:74-82. [PMID: 31803857 PMCID: PMC6892594 DOI: 10.1016/j.coemr.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Anorexia nervosa (AN), a psychiatric disorder characterized by altered body image, food restriction and low body weight, is associated with low bone mineral density and increased fracture risk. Despite broadening the definition of AN in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, the prevalence of low bone mass remains high, suggesting we continue to capture individuals at high risk for bone loss. Many of the endocrine disturbances adaptive to the state of chronic starvation are thought to be causal in impaired skeletal integrity in females and males with AN. Understanding mechanisms responsible for impaired bone quality is important given the disease's severity and chronicity. Further research is needed to formulate optimal treatment strategies to reduce fracture risk.
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- Melanie Schorr
- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Halvorsen I, Platou D, Høiseth A. Bone Mass Eight Years After Treatment for Adolescent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2012; 20:386-92. [DOI: 10.1002/erv.2179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Inger Halvorsen
- Regional Department of Eating Disorders; Oslo University Hospital; Oslo; Norway
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Bravender T, Bryant-Waugh R, Herzog D, Katzman D, Kriepe RD, Lask B, Le Grange D, Lock J, Loeb KL, Marcus MD, Madden S, Nicholls D, O'Toole J, Pinhas L, Rome E, Sokol-Burger M, Wallin U, Zucker N. Classification of eating disturbance in children and adolescents: proposed changes for the DSM-V. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2010; 18:79-89. [PMID: 20151366 DOI: 10.1002/erv.994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Childhood and adolescence are critical periods of neural development and physical growth. The malnutrition and related medical complications resulting from eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and eating disorder not otherwise specified may have more severe and potentially more protracted consequences during youth than during other age periods. The consensus opinion of an international workgroup of experts on the diagnosis and treatment of child and adolescent eating disorders is that (a) lower and more developmentally sensitive thresholds of symptom severity (e.g. lower frequency of purging behaviours, significant deviations from growth curves as indicators of clinical severity) be used as diagnostic boundaries for children and adolescents, (b) behavioural indicators of psychological features of eating disorders be considered even in the absence of direct self-report of such symptoms and (c) multiple informants (e.g. parents) be used to ascertain symptom profiles. Collectively, these recommendations will permit earlier identification and intervention to prevent the exacerbation of eating disorder symptoms.
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- T Bravender
- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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Støving RK, Andries A, Brixen K, Flyvbjerg A, Hørder K, Frystyk J. Leptin, ghrelin, and endocannabinoids: potential therapeutic targets in anorexia nervosa. J Psychiatr Res 2009; 43:671-9. [PMID: 18926548 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Revised: 08/30/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) has the highest mortality rate between psychiatric disorders, and evidence for managing it is still very limited. So far, pharmacological treatment has focused on a narrow range of drugs and only a few controlled studies have been performed. Furthermore, the studies have been of short duration and included a limited number of subjects, often heterogenic with regard to stage and acute nutritive status. Thus, novel approaches are urgently needed. Body weight homeostasis is tightly regulated throughout life. With the discovery of orexigenic and anorectic signals, an array of new molecular targets to control eating behavior has emerged. This review focuses on recent advances in three important signal systems: leptin, ghrelin, and endocannabinoids toward the identification of potential therapeutical breakthroughs in AN. Our review of the current literature shows that leptin may have therapeutic potentials in promoting restoration of menstrual cycles in weight restored patients, reducing motor restlessness in severely hyperactive patients, and preventing osteoporosis in chronic patients. Ghrelin and endocannabinoids exert orexigenic effects which may facilitate nutritional restoration. Leptin and endocannabinoids may exert antidepressive and anxiolytic effects. Finally, monitoring serum concentration of leptin may be useful in order to prevent refeeding syndrome.
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- René Klinkby Støving
- Center for Eating Disorders and Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark.
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Müller TD, Föcker M, Holtkamp K, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Hebebrand J. Leptin-mediated neuroendocrine alterations in anorexia nervosa: somatic and behavioral implications. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2009; 18:117-29. [PMID: 19014861 DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hypoleptinemia is a key endocrinological feature of anorexia nervosa (AN). Several symptoms in acute AN are related to the low circulating leptin levels including amenorrhea and semi-starvation-induced hyperactivity. The drop in leptin levels results from the loss of fat mass; once leptin levels fall below specific thresholds the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal and -thyroid axes are down-regulated; in contrast, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is up-regulated. Hypoleptinemia is the major signal underlying both somatic and behavioral adaptations to starvation. Because the mechanisms involved in this adaptation are similar in rodents and humans, rodent models can be used to investigate the relevant central pathways which underly the respective starvation-induced symptoms. During therapeutically induced weight gain, leptin levels can intermittently increase above normal concentrations. This hyperleptinemia could predispose to renewed weight loss.
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- Timo D Müller
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany
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Winston AP, Alwazeer AEF, Bankart MJG. Screening for osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa: prevalence and predictors of reduced bone mineral density. Int J Eat Disord 2008; 41:284-7. [PMID: 18176948 DOI: 10.1002/eat.20501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Decreased bone mineral density (BMD) in anorexia nervosa (AN) can be detected easily by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). This study was designed to assess the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in AN, identify predictors, and determine the diagnostic yield of screening with DXA. METHOD DXA was used to screen 59 unselected adult patients with a history of AN. RESULTS Osteoporosis was identified in 18 patients (31%) and osteopenia in 30 (51%). The spine had a lower mean T-score than either the hip or femur. BMI significantly predicted T-score (p = 0.0006) and the odds of having osteoporosis (p = 0.0188). There was a significant association between use of oestrogens and the presence of osteoporosis or osteopenia (p = 0.0491). There was no significant association between duration of AN and T-score. A duration of AN of less than 1 year was found in 12% of those with osteoporosis. CONCLUSION BMI is a strong predictor of BMD in AN. DXA is an effective screening tool and should probably be offered routinely.
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- Anthony P Winston
- Eating Disorders Unit, Woodleigh Beeches Centre, Warwick Hospital, Warwick, United Kingdom.
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Oświecimska J, Ziora K, Pluskiewicz W, Geisler G, Broll-Waśka K, Karasek D, Dyduch A. Skeletal status and laboratory investigations in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa. Bone 2007; 41:103-10. [PMID: 17493887 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2006] [Revised: 03/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To our knowledge anorexia nervosa (AN) adversely influences bone density, but whether qualitative characteristics of bone are also affected is not known. For this reason we investigated prospectively the changes in skeletal status in a population of 18 adolescent girls with AN aged 11.5-18.1 years (mean 15.9+/-1.9 years) using both dual-photon X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurements, bone turnover markers (osteocalcin, bone alkaline phosphatase - bALP, carboxy-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen - ICTP), and laboratory investigations (serum total and ionised calcium, serum phosphate, urine calcium/creatinine ratio, luteinizing hormone - LH, follicle-stimulating hormone - FSH, estradiol). Measurements of bone mineral density at the spine (s-BMD) and total body (TB-BMD) and amplitude-dependent speed of sound (Ad-SOS) of the hand phalanges were performed at baseline, 7.8+/-2.4 and 19.4+/-5.6 months of follow-up. The mean values of TB-BMD, s-BMD and Ad-SOS measurements did not change during the period of observation. The mean Z-scores for TB-BMD and Ad-SOS were significantly lower after 19.4 months of observation vs. baseline (-1.06+/-1.00 vs. -0.67+/-0.98 vs. and -0.50+/-0.88 vs. 0.26+/-1.75, respectively). Z-scores for s-BMD decreased non-significantly (p=0.08). Among bone turnover markers, we observed a significant increase in bALP and a non-significant increase in osteocalcin serum concentrations which were below normal ranges for age, sex and Tanner stage at baseline. High baseline serum ICTP concentration decreased non-significantly, reaching normal ranges during the observation. We conclude that anorexia nervosa seriously affects skeletal status in adolescent girls. Bone turnover markers analysed together with densitometric parameters suggest that AN influences both bone formation and resorption processes. QUS measurements at hand phalanges may be an appropriate method in the evaluation of skeletal status in patients with AN.
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- Joanna Oświecimska
- Department of Pediatrics, Nephrology and Children's Endocrinology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland.
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Wentz E, Mellström D, Gillberg IC, Gillberg C, Råstam M. Brief report: decreased bone mineral density as a long-term complication of teenage-onset anorexia nervosa. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2007; 15:290-5. [PMID: 17676699 DOI: 10.1002/erv.795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To follow up bone mineral density (BMD) 4 years after decreased BMD was diagnosed in adult individuals with teenage-onset anorexia nervosa (AN). METHOD In a previous study BMD was assessed in 39 individuals (36 women, 3 men) 11 years after AN onset. Decreased BMD occurred in a minority. In the present study, a 4-year follow-up of individuals with decreased BMD, 11 AN women were reassessed by using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Two women still had an eating disorder (ED). RESULTS Eight out of eleven women met criteria for decreased BMD/osteoporosis. There was an increase in BMD of total body and lumbar spine (LS). There was a relationship between lumbar BMD and BMI. CONCLUSION At follow-up of decreased BMD in adult women with teenage-onset of AN, there is a possibility of improvement of BMD.
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- Elisabet Wentz
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Hebebrand J, Muller TD, Holtkamp K, Herpertz-Dahlmann B. The role of leptin in anorexia nervosa: clinical implications. Mol Psychiatry 2007; 12:23-35. [PMID: 17060920 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Leptin is a hormone with pleiotropic functions affecting several tissues. Because leptin has a crucial role in the adaptation of an organism to semi-starvation, anorexia nervosa (AN) serves as a model disorder to elucidate the functional implications of hypoleptinaemia; vice versa, several symptoms in patients with this eating disorder are related to the low leptin levels, which are characteristic of acute AN. Weight gain in AN patients can induce relative hyperleptinaemia in comparison to controls matched for body mass index; circulating leptin concentrations in AN patients thus transverse from subnormal to supranormal levels within a few weeks. We review findings on leptin secretion in AN and focus on implications, particularly for the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis, bone mineral density and physical hyperactivity. Undoubtedly, the elucidation of leptin's function as a trigger of diverse neuroendocrine adaptations to a restricted energy intake has substantially advanced our knowledge of the pathogenesis of distinct symptoms of AN, including amenorrhoea that represents one of the four diagnostic criteria. The fact that hypoleptinaemia can induce hyperactivity in a rat model for AN has led to a series of studies in AN patients, which support the notion that application of leptin to severely hyperactive patients might prove beneficial.
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- J Hebebrand
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Judge BS, Eisenga BH. Disorders of Fuel Metabolism: Medical Complications Associated with Starvation, Eating Disorders, Dietary Fads, and Supplements. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2005; 23:789-813, ix. [PMID: 15982546 DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2005.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Disorders of fuel metabolism as they relate to abnormal fuel intake,abnormal fuel expenditure, and dietary supplements are the focus of this article. The emergency physician should be aware of the medical complications that can occur as a result of starvation states,eating disorders, fad diets, hypermetabolic states, and ergogenic aids. Knowledge and understanding of the complications associated with these disorders will facilitate the diagnosis and management of patients who present to the emergency department with any of the disorders reviewed.
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- Bryan S Judge
- DeVos Children's Hospital Regional Poison Center, 1300 Michigan NE Suite 203, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA.
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Heer M, Mika C, Grzella I, Heussen N, Herpertz-Dahlmann B. Bone turnover during inpatient nutritional therapy and outpatient follow-up in patients with anorexia nervosa compared with that in healthy control subjects. Am J Clin Nutr 2004; 80:774-81. [PMID: 15321821 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.3.774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteopenia and osteoporosis are among the most frequent and severe complications in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the influence of nutritional therapy on bone metabolism during adolescent anorexia nervosa. DESIGN We studied 19 anorectic patients aged 14.1 +/- 1.4 y (x +/- SD) with a body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) of 14.2 +/- 1.4 and 19 age-matched control subjects aged 15.1 +/- 2.3 y with a BMI of 20.8 +/- 1.9 for 1 y. Blood samples were taken for the measurement of bone markers, insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and leptin. RESULTS BMI rose significantly from 14.2 +/- 1.4 at baseline to 17.4 +/- 0.6 (P < 0.0001) at week 15. Compared with concentrations in the control subjects, concentrations of the bone formation markers procollagen type I propeptide (PICP) and bone alkaline phosphatase (bAP) in the anorectic patients were lower at baseline (PICP: P = 0.0071; bAP: P = 0.0012), increased with nutritional therapy (PICP: P = 0.0060, bAP: P = 0.0147), and were no longer significantly different (P > 0.05) during the follow-up period. Concentrations of IGF-I and leptin were significantly lower (P < 0.0001 for both) in the anorectic patients than in the control subjects at baseline. IGF-I increased with nutritional therapy but was still significantly lower (P = 0.0036) than that in the control group and decreased again during the follow-up period (P = 0.0126). In contrast, serum C-telopeptide decreased with nutritional therapy (P = 0.0446). CONCLUSION Nutritional therapy improves concentrations of bone formation markers in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa.
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- Martina Heer
- DLR-Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Space Physiology, Linder Hoehe, 51170 Cologne, Germany.
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Nicholls D, Wells JC, Singhal A, Stanhope R. Body composition in early onset eating disorders. Eur J Clin Nutr 2002; 56:857-65. [PMID: 12209374 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2000] [Revised: 12/05/2001] [Accepted: 12/10/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI) or equivalent weight for height indices are the most widely used measures of body composition in early onset and adolescent eating disorders. Although of value as screening instruments the limitation in disease states is their inability to discriminate fat and fat-free components of body weight. OBJECTIVE To compare height-adjusted fat and fat-free components of body composition in children and young adolescents with different types of eating disorders with those of age matched reference children. DESIGN Weight, height, triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness were measured in 172 children (aged 7-16 y) with eating disorders receiving specialist treatment. Fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) were calculated using Slaughter's and Deurenberg's equations and normalisation for height. Using data from 157 normal children, representative of the UK 1990 growth reference data, reference curves for FMI and FFMI+/-2 s.d. were derived. Results for patient groups were superimposed on these reference curves. RESULTS FMI and FFMI were both reduced in eating disorders associated with malnutrition, including anorexia nervosa (AN). AN subjects did not differ from other subjects with comparable degrees of malnutrition. Children with eating disorders of normal weight, such as bulimia nervosa and selective eating, did not differ significantly from reference children in their relative FM and FFM. CONCLUSIONS FM and FFM merit independent consideration in disorders of malnutrition in children, rather than expressing data as percentage body fat or percentage BMI. The implications of loss of FFM on growth and development merit further investigation.
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- D Nicholls
- Brain and Behavioural Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Heer M, Mika C, Grzella I, Drummer C, Herpertz-Dahlmann B. Changes in Bone Turnover in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa during Eleven Weeks of Inpatient Dietary Treatment. Clin Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/48.5.754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Background: Many adolescents with anorexia nervosa suffer from severe osteopenia and osteoporosis. We hypothesized that individualized nutrition therapy may improve bone turnover in anorectic patients.
Methods: We studied 19 female patients [mean age, 14.2 ± 1.4 years; mean body weight, 39.3 ± 5.4 kg; mean body mass index (BMI), 14.2 ± 1.4 kg/m2] with anorexia nervosa (International Classification of Diseases-10: F50.0, F50.1) for a period of 3 months. Nutrition therapy began at the end of the first week and included individualized hypercaloric diets, high calcium intake (2000 mg/day), and administration of vitamin D (400 IU/day). Blood samples were taken at baseline and again in weeks 3, 7, and 11. We measured serum calcium, parathyroid hormone, bone formation and resorption markers, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and leptin.
Results: Mean BMI increased significantly, from 14.2 ± 1.4 to 17.1 ± 0.7 kg/m2 (P = 0.000001), during the course of treatment, whereas serum total calcium and phosphate concentrations remained unchanged. The bone formation markers procollagen-I carboxy-terminal propeptide and bone alkaline phosphatase almost doubled (P = 0.006). Both IGF-1 (P = 0.00001) and leptin (P = 0.000005) increased significantly by week 11. Parallel to this, the serum concentration of C-telopeptide, a bone resorption marker, decreased significantly (P = 0.009).
Conclusions: Nutritional rehabilitation, possibly as a result of increasing IGF-1 and leptin concentrations, may increase bone formation. It therefore provides additional objective evidence of the importance of nutrition for bone.
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- Martina Heer
- DLR-Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Space Physiology, 51170 Cologne, Germany
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- DLR-Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Space Physiology, 51170 Cologne, Germany
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and
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- Medical Faculty, Technical University of Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Kutílek S, Bayer M. Ultrasound parameters of calcaneal bone density in girls with anorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord 2001; 6:220-4. [PMID: 11808818 DOI: 10.1007/bf03339746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Osteoporosis is common in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), but ultrasound has so far been scarcely used to detect it We measured calcaneal broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and velocity of sound (VOS) in 26 AN girls (mean age 15.1+/- 1.5 years) using a Cuba Clinical device (McCue Ultrasonics, UK). Basic anthropometric (body weight, height and body mass index--BMI) and clinical data (mean duration of AN, number of absent cycles, weight loss) were collected. All of the girls reported that they did at least one hour's vigorous exercise a day. BUA was significantly lower (p<0.004) and VOS significantly higher (p<0.0001) in comparison with reference data. Body weight and BMI at the time of the measurements were significantly lower than the reference data (p<0.0001). There were no correlations between body weight or height and BUA or VOS, but there was a slight correlation between BUA and BMI (r=0.4, p<0.05) and a slight inverse correlation between VOS, body weight and BMI (r=-0.48 and r=-0.43, p<0.01). VOS slightly correlated with weight loss (r=0.4, p<0.05), significantly with the weekly number of exercise hours (r=0.48, p<0.01). The duration of AN, the number of missed cycles and the percentage of weight loss did not correlate with BUA, and neither the duration of AN nor the number of missed cycles correlated with VOS. The low BUA value could be attributed to poor nutrition, and substantial physical activity may lead to the increase in VOS. In conclusion, girls with AN have low BUA and high VOS values, neither of which correlate with the duration of AN or the number of missed cycles.
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- S Kutílek
- Department of Pediatrics, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Turner JM, Bulsara MK, McDermott BM, Byrne GC, Prince RL, Forbes DA. Predictors of low bone density in young adolescent females with anorexia nervosa and other dieting disorders. Int J Eat Disord 2001; 30:245-51. [PMID: 11746283 DOI: 10.1002/eat.1081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the bone density of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa with adolescent patients with other dieting disorders and to evaluate risk factors for low bone density in these patients. METHOD Sixty-nine consecutive female patients referred to an adolescent eating disorders clinic were studied by interview, blood sampling, body composition, and lumbar spine bone density measurement using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. RESULTS Although patients with anorexia nervosa were more malnourished, their bone density was similar to other dieting patients. Patients were divided into a low and normal bone density group irrespective of psychiatric diagnosis. Patients with low bone density had dieted for longer, had lower lean body mass, more often had not achieved menarche, and had longer duration of secondary amenorrhea and lower estrogen levels. DISCUSSION Irrespective of clinical diagnosis, adolescents with dieting disorders have increased risk of low bone density when malnutrition commences early in puberty and is associated with reduced lean body mass and impaired ovarian function.
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- J M Turner
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Western Australia and Eating Disorders Clinic, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Western Australia.
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We still have much to learn about BMD problems in eating disorders. Much progress has been made in the past 10 years; most clinicians and many patients and their families are now aware of the problem. More research is crucial, however, the authors suggest focusing on three areas: 1. Treatment and prevention: Such studies are difficult to conduct for similar reasons to the difficulties in conducting treatment trials of therapy for AN. First, the relative rarity of the condition makes it difficult to recruit subjects; second, drop-out rates are higher because of ambivalence; and third, the population is heterogeneous both in terms of symptoms and cause. 2. Better understanding of bone turnover in AN. More studies are needed to examine turnover of bone in patients with AN using biochemical markers. In particular, prospective studies are needed to examine the effects of refeeding, weight gain, and treatments such as calcium supplementation. 3. Long-term course of bone density. It would be particularly instructive to examine this in individuals with a short or long history of AN. It would also be useful to study women approaching menopause who had an episode of AN in their teens or early twenties compared with women who were of normal weight during this period.
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- J Treasure
- Eating Disorders Unit, Institute of Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust, United Kingdom
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Seeman E, Karlsson MK, Duan Y. On exposure to anorexia nervosa, the temporal variation in axial and appendicular skeletal development predisposes to site-specific deficits in bone size and density: a cross-sectional study. J Bone Miner Res 2000; 15:2259-65. [PMID: 11092408 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.11.2259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Skeletal development is heterogeneous. Throughout growth, bone size is more maturationally advanced than the mineral being accrued within its periosteal envelope; before puberty, appendicular growth is more rapid than axial growth; during puberty, appendicular growth slows and axial growth accelerates. We studied women with differing age of onset of anorexia nervosa to determine whether this temporal heterogeneity in growth predisposed to the development of deficits in bone size and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD), which varied by site and severity depending on the age at which anorexia nervosa occurred. Bone size and vBMD of the third lumbar vertebra and femoral neck were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in 210 women aged 21 years (range, 12-40 years) with anorexia nervosa. Results were expressed as age-specific SDs (mean +/- SEM). Bone width depended on the age of onset of anorexia nervosa; when the onset of anorexia nervosa occurred (1) before 15 years of age, deficits in vertebral body and femoral neck width did not differ (-0.77+/-0.27 SD and -0.55+/-0.17 SD, respectively); (2) between 15 and 19 years of age, deficits in vertebral body width (-0.95+/-0.16 SD) were three times the deficits in femoral neck width (-0.28+/-0.14 SD; p < 0.05 comparing the deficits), (3) after 19 years of age, deficits in the vertebral body width (-0.49+/-0.26 SD; p = 0.05) were half that in women with earlier onset of anorexia nervosa. No deficit in bone width was observed at the femoral neck. Deficits in vBMD at the vertebra and femoral neck were independent of the age of onset of anorexia nervosa but increased as the duration of anorexia nervosa increased, being about 0.5 SD lower at the vertebra than femoral neck. We infer that the maturational development of a region at the time of exposure to disease, and disease duration, determine the site, magnitude, and type of trait deficit in anorexia nervosa. Bone fragility due to reduced bone size and reduced vBMD in adulthood is partly established during growth.
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- E Seeman
- Department of Medicine, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Karlsson MK, Weigall SJ, Duan Y, Seeman E. Bone size and volumetric density in women with anorexia nervosa receiving estrogen replacement therapy and in women recovered from anorexia nervosa. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000; 85:3177-82. [PMID: 10999805 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.85.9.6796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Anorexia nervosa is associated with bone loss during adulthood, but may also delay skeletal growth and mineral accrual during growth. We asked the following questions. 1) Is anorexia nervosa associated with reduced bone size and reduced volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD)? 2) Is estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) or recovery from anorexia nervosa associated with normal bone size and vBMD? Using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, we measured bone size and vBMD of the third lumbar vertebra and femoral neck in a cross-sectional study of 161 female patients: 77 with untreated anorexia nervosa, 58 with anorexia nervosa receiving ERT, 26 recovered from anorexia nervosa, and 205 healthy age-matched controls. Results were expressed as the SD or z-score (mean +/- SEM). Deficits in vertebral body and femoral neck width in untreated women were -1.0 +/- 0.1 and -0.3 +/- 0.1 SD (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively). Deficits in bone width were less in the ERT-treated women than in untreated women at the vertebral body (-0.6 +/- 0.1 SD; P < 0.001), but not at the femoral neck (-0.4 +/- 0.2 SD; P < 0.05). There were no significant deficits in vertebral body and femoral neck width in recovered women (both -0.3 +/- 0.2 SD; P = NS). In untreated women, vertebral and femoral neck vBMD were -1.6 +/- 0.1 and -1.1 +/- 0.1 SD, respectively (both P < 0.001), less severely reduced in ERT-treated women (-1.2 +/- 0.2 and -0.6 +/- 0.2 SD, respectively; both P < 0.001), and least reduced in recovered women (-0.6 +/- 0.1 and -0.5 +/- 0.2 SD; P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively). After adjusting for differences in fat and lean mass, vertebral body and femoral neck width were no longer reduced in untreated, ERT-treated, and recovered women. Adjustment for body composition had little effect on group difference in vBMD. Bone fragility in anorexia nervosa is due to reduced bone size and reduced vBMD. Although causality cannot be inferred in cross-sectional studies, the data are consistent with the view that malnutrition may contribute to reduced bone size, whereas estrogen deficiency may reduce vBMD. The use of ERT early in disease is a reasonable component of management if the chance of recovery appears remote.
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- M K Karlsson
- Department of Endocrinology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia
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Bruni V, Dei M, Vicini I, Beninato L, Magnani L. Estrogen replacement therapy in the management of osteopenia related to eating disorders. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000; 900:416-21. [PMID: 10818431 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06255.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effect of hormone replacement therapy on the bone mineral content of hypoestrogenic subjects depends on the pathogenesis of the disease as well as on the dosage and route of administration. This is particularly true in hypoestrogenism related to eating disorders. We present a longitudinal study of 26 young women with diet-induced amenorrhea compared with a group of subjects with POF. The study protocol included the quantification of weight loss, the endocrine profile (follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, prolactin, E2, FT3, FT4, thyroid-stimulating hormone, and cortisol), the evaluation of markers of bone turnover (GLA, OSTK-PR, ALP, OHP, and DPYR), and spinal bone density by DEXA at observation and after weight recovery. No hormone replacement therapy was administered. Mean BMD and Z scores before and after recovery do not differ significantly; OHP and DPYR appear significantly higher during basal evaluation, whereas GLA and ALP do not. Data on the impact of oral contraceptive use on bone mineral density are controversial. We particularly discuss the question of long-term treatment with 20 micrograms ethinyl estradiol pills on peak bone mass acquisition during adolescence.
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- V Bruni
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florence Medical School, Italy
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Anorexia nervosa is a disorder characterized by low body weight and amenorrhoea (in females). These features lead to a risk of osteoporosis, a condition in which bone loss leads to weakening of bone structure and increased fracture risk.
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- J Treasure
- Eating Disorders Unit, Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust London
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Brooks ER, Howat PM, Cavalier DS. Calcium supplementation and exercise increase appendicular bone density in anorexia: a case study. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION 1999; 99:591-3. [PMID: 10333781 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8223(99)00144-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- E R Brooks
- Woman's Health Research Institute, Woman's Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA 70815, USA
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Osteoporosis is a common complication of anorexia nervosa. Multiple factors increase risk, including decreased body weight and fat content, elevated cortisol levels, inadequate vitamin D and calcium intake, and amenorrhea and hypoestrogenemia. There is both decreased bone formation and increased bone resorption in the osteoporosis of anorexia nervosa. Treatment includes weight normalization and supplemental calcium and vitamin D. Unlike postmenopausal osteoporosis, estrogen replacement does not prevent or correct the osteoporosis that occurs in anorexia nervosa. Patients with bulimia nervosa or an eating disorder not otherwise specified may also be at risk of osteoporosis, especially if they have had a prior episode of anorexia nervosa.
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- P S Powers
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
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