title: Reading the signs of starvation.
abstract: Guidelines for managing malnutrition in adolescent eating disorders are based on limited evidence. Swenne and Engström's study explored the relationship between symptoms, signs and weight status in this patient group, towards refining clinical approaches to nutritional assessment in adolescents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The need to compare findings across studies is crucial for research in nutritional assessment of adolescents
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom. nichod@gosh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Dasha
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nicholls
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013217:Starvation / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology