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Textbook (Chapters)

  • See General Resources, particularly Shils et al.

Review Articles

  • Becker AE, Grinspoon SK, Klibanski A, Herzog DB. Eating disorders. N Engl J Med 1999;340:1092-8. Review on the assessment and treatment of eating disorders.
  • Corcos M, Guilbaud O, Paterniti S, et al.  Involvement of cytokines in eating disorders: a critical review of the human literature.  Psychoneuroendocrinology 2003; 28: 229-249.  It is important to understand the role of the immune axis on hypothalamic appetite centers.
  • Fisher M.   The course and outcome of eating disorders in adults and in adolescents: a review.  Adolesc Med 2003; 14: 149-158.  Review of the literature comparing the disease course in both children and adults.
  • Kazis K, Iglesias E.  The female athlete triad.  Adolesc Med 2003; 14: 87-95.  Important syndrome associated with eating disorders in young females (amenorrhea, anorexia, osteoporosis).
  • Rome ES, Ammerman S, Rosen DS, et al.  Children and adolescents with eating disorders: the state of the art.  Pediatrics 2003; 111: E98-E108.  A review from the perspective of the primary care physician and preventive medicine.
  • Seidenfeld ME, Sosin E, Rickert VI.  Nutrition and eating disorders in adolescents.  Mt Sinai J Med 2004; 71: 155-161.  Review of clinical aspects (medical, nutritional, psychological) of eating disorders.  
Original Reports
  • Laederach-Hofmann K, Graf C, Horber F, et al.  Imipramine and diet counseling with psychological support in the treatment of obese binge eaters: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.  Int J Eat Disord 1999; 26: 231-244.  Imipramine is useful for weight loss in obese patients with binge-eating.
  • Sundgot-Borgen J, Rosenvinge JH, Bahr R, et al.  The effect of exercise, cognitive therapy, and nutritional counseling in treating bulimia nervosa.  Med Sci Sports Exerc 2002; 34: 190-195.  Physical activity is an important treatment of bulimia.
  • Wurtman J, Wurtman R, Mark S, et al.  d-Fenfluramine selectively suppresses carbohydrate snacking by obese subjects.  Int J Eat Disord 1985; 89-99.  Carbohydrate craving was reduced with d-fenfluramine in obese patients.
Clinical algorithms, practice guidelines and/or position papers
  • Ebeling H, Tapanainen P, Joutsenoja A, et al.  A practice guideline for treatment of eating disorders in children and adolescents.  Ann Med 2003; 35: 488-501.
  • Multidisciplinary approach to eating disorder management.
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