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Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls

Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls. Jennifer Gavrilko California State University, Monterey Bay CHHS 302 Professional Writing for Health and Human Services California Department of Health and Human Services. Factors Influencing Eating Disorders.

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Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls

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  1. Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls Jennifer Gavrilko California State University, Monterey Bay CHHS 302 Professional Writing for Health and Human Services California Department of Health and Human Services

  2. Factors Influencing Eating Disorders “Over one-half of teenage girls... use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives (Soyka, 1999).”

  3. Effects Cardiac complications are found in 80% of patients with an eating disorder and studies have demonstrated that approximately 30% of deaths in patients with AN are due to cardiac complications (Stiles-Shields, 2011).

  4. Synthesis • Only 13 percent of those struggling with an eating disorder receive professional services (Caldwell, 2004). • 50 to 60 percent of patients don't quite make the cut to be diagnosed with full-blown anorexia or bulimia, and are instead classified as having an eating disorder "not otherwise specified" (EDNOS).

  5. Solutions • Implement programs to educate parents about the signs and symptoms of eating disorders. • Teach parents that it is important for them to lead by example- Practice healthy eating and exercise habits, avoid being self-critical and critical of the adolescent. • Make treatment options more accessible to low-income and uninsured families.

  6. Thank You Questions/Comments?

  7. References Caldwell, P. & Kirkpatrick, J. (2004). Eating disorders: Everything you need to know. Buffalo, NY. Firefly Books.   Soyka, L., Grinspoon, S., Levitsky, L., Herzog, D., & Klibansky, A. (1999). The effects of anorexia nervosa on bone metabolism in female adolescents. The Journal of Clinical Teens Health. Retrieved from http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/problems/eat_disorder.html Stiles-Shields, C., Smyth, A., Glunz, C., Hoste, R. Boepple, L., & Le Grange, D. (2011). A Review of the Role of Psychiatrists and Pediatricians in Outpatient Treatment of Adolescents with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 7, 177-188

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