title: Eating disorders.
abstract: Adolescents frequently engage in disordered eating behavior at an alarming rate, with many developing partial or full-blown eating disorders. The spectrum of eating disorders includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, eating disorders not otherwise specified, and binge-eating disorder. In this article we provide the practitioner with an update on the current state-of-the-art regarding etiology and treatment of eating disorders and address certain clinical controversies that practitioners face on a daily basis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver Health Science Center, Children's Hospital, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. sigel.eric@tchden.org
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sigel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001835:Body Weight; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors