Recognising the symptoms: How common are eating disorders in pregnancy?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 340-344

  Easter, Abigail ^a,b   Bye, Amanda ^a   Taborelli, Emma ^a,b   Corfield, Freya ^b   Schmidt, Ulrike ^b   Treasure, Janet ^b   Micali, Nadia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders; perinatal; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG MISUSE; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84878863496     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2229     Document Type: Article

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