Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ward, Veronica Bridget

Titel

Eating disorders in pregnancy

Ist Teil von

• BMJ, 2008-01, Vol.336 (7635), p.93-96

Auflage

International edition

Ort / Verlag

England: BMJ Publishing Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ward discusses the prevalence of eating disorders during pregnancy. Pregnancy can complicate an eating disorder as changes in body shape may increase anxiety about weight gain. Pregnant women with eating disorders need enhanced monitoring and postnatal support. Eating disorders are more common than is realized in women of reproductive age. Anorexia nervosa has a prevalence of up to seven per 1,000 in the UK population and is especially common in adolescent girls and young women. Bulimia nervosa is more common and affects a slightly older age group, with a prevalence of 0.5-1% in women of reproductive age. Atypical eating disorders (eating disorder not otherwise specified) are probably even more common, but little is known about their prevalence.