title: Adolescent pregnancy and eating disorders: a minireview and case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite the fact that eating disorders (EDs) during pregnancy and early child bearing can both individually increase risk to mother and child, there is a paucity of research exploring pregnancy in adolescence and concomitant EDs.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 16-year-old female with atypical anorexia nervosa, who experiences a remission of her ED behavior during pregnancy, followed by a severe relapse in the post-partum period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this case, pregnancy functioned as a motivator for remission in our patient with concomitant ED. Further research is needed to identify risks of EDs in adolescent pregnancy, to explore the trajectory of pre-existing EDs during pregnancy and to identify effective interventions for prolonging remission into the post-partum period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. mharrison@cheo.on.ca.|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. mharrison@cheo.on.ca.|Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada. mharrison@cheo.on.ca.
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Bannuya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Balasubramanaiam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Norris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009042:Motivation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Adolescent pregnancy; Anorexia nervosa; Child outcome; Eating disorder; Maternal outcome