title: Chronic and severe eating problems in young children.
abstract: Children's eating problems are a common worry mentioned by parents. The severity of these can vary widely and the medical services seem to become concerned mostly when the child either starts to lose weight or fails to gain weight adequately. But low weight may not always be the only indicator of severe or chronic eating problems. Jo Douglas describes the children referred to the Day Centre in the Great Ormond Street department of psychological medicine where a based treatment programme is being carried out by a team of therapists to evaluate the most effective form of intervention.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations