title: Non-fat-phobic anorexia nervosa in British South Asian adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study investigated the clinical features of British South Asian adolescent females presenting with low weight in the absence of organic disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors performed a retrospective case note study of South Asian British female adolescents presenting with weight loss/anorexia nervosa to psychiatric clinics and matched White English peers presenting with low weight.
  
  
  RESULTS
  South Asian patients presented more frequently with loss of appetite (p = .01) and less frequently with fat phobia (p = .032) and weight preoccupation (p = .001). South Asians also had significantly more satisfactory relationships with their nuclear family and peers (p = .03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differing symptom profiles for anorexia nervosa need to be taken into account when assessing patients from different cultures. South Asian adolescents may present with a non-fat-phobic form of anorexia nervosa. This has clinical and epidemiologic implications. Further investigation is warranted to assess the nosologic status of this group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, Edgware Community Hospital, Edgware, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Amina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tareen
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hodes
authors.forename: Luiza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rangel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011584:Psychology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats