Eating disorders (ED) are psychopathological conditions where patient demonstratesabnormal, distorted or chaotic eating behaviours and diet patterns which can deteriorate an individual’s physical and emotional wellbeing. Manifestations of ED range from disruption of normal lifestyle to generalised weakness to even life threatening complications. Oral health care providers can be the first to notice the presence of previously undiagnosed eating disorders from the typical oral manifestations of the condition and instigate the multidisciplinary treatment required. However, there is a general lack of knowledge and awareness about the role of oral health care practitioners in the diagnosis, intervention and treatment of affected patients. This article reviews the recent literature on eating disorders and their subsequent oral manifestations. The authors have made an effort to highlight the information which will aid the oral healthcare professionals with diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of these disorders.
Eating Disorders

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Feeding and Eating Disorders* ; Eating*

Objective: This case report highlights the complexity of eating disorder in schizophrenia and outlines the diagnostic dilemma and challenges associated with the treatment. Methods: We report a 13 years old female with early onset schizophrenia who developed anorexic symptoms and binge eating. Her eating disturbances worsened after olanzapine was commenced. Results: A combination of pharmacological and psychosocial intervention led to remission of schizophrenia co-morbid with eating disorder NOS. Conclusion: Co-morbid diagnosis of schizophrenia and eating disorder is not uncommon. Early diagnosis and evidence-based intervention are imperative as untreated illness greatly impacts the developmental trajectory of young people. Meeting family’s needs improves family functioning which in turn improves patient’s outcome.
Schizophrenia ; Eating Disorders ; Adolescent

The cross sectional survey as the descriptive epidemiological method was carried out in children under 5 years and mother having children under 5 years in the Tapan and Thai an commune, Ha giang province, My thuan commune, Nam dinh province and Thach ha commune, Ha tinh province. The results have shown that the malnutrition rate is 52%, undersize:61,8% and thin: 4%. The highest malnutrition rates and thins and undersize found in children with ages of 13-18 months. The malnutrition rate was different from one to another. The risks of the malnutrition were: mother have not passed the examination of the primary school; mother with more than 2 children and mother over 35 age; the incorrect evaluation of the nutrition status of children and the children usually suffer the diseases or are suffering the diarrhea or respiratory disease.
Malnutrition ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood

Eating disorders are often underdiagnosed. Orthorexia nervosa (ON), a new type of eating disorder, is defined as excessive preoccupation with healthy eating, causing significant nutritional deficiencies and social and personal impairments. The ORTO-15 is a 15-item instrument widely used to evaluate orthorexia nervosa. It was developed by Donini et al (2005) in Italian and has been translated and adapted in other languages. In this study, the validity and reliability of the Indonesian version of ORTO-15 were assessed. The Indonesian version of the instrument was then reviewed by experts after translation. The back-translation was assessed for consistency with the original instrument. The instrument was then statistically-tested for validity and reliability on 50 randomly selected subjects. The subjects were balanced in gender and the mean age was 19.4 + 0.8 years. The reliability was tested using Cronbach’s alpha. The validity was tested using Pearson's product-moment correlation and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). The Pearson product moment verified good validity for the instrument (r = 0.369 – 0.881). CFA analyses confirmed good communalities (extraction > 0.5) and revealed three components construct (cumulative 73.5%). Reliability test confirmed that the instrument had good reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.915). The ORTO-15 Indonesian version is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of ON.
Reproducibility of Results ; Feeding and Eating Disorders

PURPOSE: The descriptive study was designed to examine the relationship of eating attitudes to the internalization of sociocultural attitudes, body shape satisfaction, anger and anger expression in college women. METHOD: 247 women were recruited from one college located in Seoul, Korea. The instruments used were the Internalization subscale of SATAQ-3R, BSQ for body shape satisfaction, Spielberger's state trait anger expression inventory-Korean version for anger and anger expression, and the Eating Attitude Test(EAT-26) for eating attitudes. RESULTS: The score of EAT significantly correlated with internalization, state anger, body shape satisfaction, and anger expression except trait anger. The significant predictors of eating attitudes in college women were body shape satisfaction and anger expression, explaining 55% of the variance in eating attitudes. CONCLUSION: This study showed that body shape satisfaction is an important predictor for an eating disorder. Therefore, various programs for cognitive changes correcting the understanding about body and weight need to be developed in the future.
Anger* ; Feeding and Eating Disorders ; Eating* ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Seoul

A retrospective 46 stunting and 47 children without stunting when they were at 18-30 months in 1994 and who were at 7-8 ages in 2000 at a commune of Hatay province was carried out to evaluate the relation between the perception ability and stimulate environment of families. The results have shown that the perception score of children with stunting was lower 7 than this of children without stunting and practical score of children with stunting was lower 5 than this of children without stunting. The perception level of pupil related with the stimulate environment of families
Malnutrition ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood ; pulpil

We have studied about weight in 199,770 children aged 1-60 months in 100% the localities of Hanoi, there are 59,093 children suffer from malnutrition (29.58%). Malnutrition rates of rural children (34.77%) are significantly higher than those of urban children (21.85%). Age groups 12-57 months suffer from malnutrition the more the higher (23.3-40.5%). Malnutrition rates is Socson district are very high (59.28%). On the contrary in Hoankiem district there are only 14.5% malnutrition
Malnutrition ; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood ; child

To prevent protein-energy malnutrition in elderly inpatients with dysphagia, weexamined the current meals for them in detail. The thickeners seemed to be a ploblem. Changes of viscosity over time and temperature were reduced when a starch thickener was changed to a xanthan gum thickener. When a gelatinizer was added to soft meals to allow cutting into shape, etc., the meals looked better were less sticky, more cohesive, and easier to eat. Thus, the smooth texture required of meals for dysphagia patients was obtained. When conventional mixed meals were changed to soft meals, there was an improvement of appearance and the meals became more palatable.The change of food intake after these improvements was investigated in five inpatients who had difficulty in swallowing. Food intake was increased in four of these five patients after these improvements, suggesting that their appetite might have been increased by improvement of the appearance and palatability of their meals. We will continue making improvements of these meals in hopes that patients can eat solid food again as early as possible.
Deglutition Disorders ; Eating ; Energy, Physics ; Solid ; Malnutrition

To examine the clinical features of male patients with eating disorders in Singapore; and determine the differences in clinical features between the patients across the diagnostic categories. Methods: This is a database analysis of all male cases presenting to the Eating Disorders Clinic at Singapore General Hospital between 2003 and 2012. Results: 72 cases were identified; 36.1% were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, 33.3% had bulimia nervosa and 30.5% had the diagnosis of eating disorder not otherwise specified. The mean presenting age was 19.9 years. 63.9% were heterosexual, while 15.3% were homosexual/bisexual. 61.1% had comorbid psychiatric diagnoses, with depression being the most common. 59.7% recorded premorbid obesity, while 66.7% reported excessive exercise. The patients in the various diagnostic categories had more similarities than differences. Conclusion: With more male cases over the years, it is important to further understand this condition, to better refine prevention, detection and treatment strategies.
Eating Disorders ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Men