title: Maladaptive eating patterns in children.
abstract: Given the increasing frequency of obesity and related maladaptive eating patterns in pediatric populations, health care professionals in a variety of settings must find ways to treat persons who are obese and have maladaptive eating patterns. The authors summarized literature related to binge eating disorder, boredom eating, emotional eating, and night eating syndrome and developed educational handouts designed for children/adolescents and their families who present with these eating problems. These educational handouts may be used by primary care physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, and other specialists in medical settings. They are free for use in educational purposes, with permission from the authors, but are not intended to replace appropriate health care and follow-up.
authors: Children's Hospital of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors: Sarah A
authors: SA
authors: Wildermuth
authors: Glenn R
authors: GR
authors: Mesman
authors: Wendy L
authors: WL
authors: Ward
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004644:Emotions; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology