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Westerlage, Patricia A. – 1980
The author traces the case histories of five anorexic female patients treated in the therapeutic milieu in a psychiatric inpatient unit. The history of anorexia nervosa is reviewed, incidence of the disorder is cited, and common characteristics are described. Case histories are presented in terms of events precipitating the weight loss, behavior…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Case Studies, Children, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textHensley, Larry D.; And Others – 1981
This study investigated the relationship between physical performance tests and body fatness in young children, and the extent to which differences in performance between the sexes could be explained by differences in body fatness. Measurements of age, height, weight, skinfold thicknesses, and performance scores on the vertical jump, standing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Weight, Children, Elementary Education
Bindewald, Richard A.; And Others – 1980
Research related to the importance of involving parents directly in treatment programming for childhood obesity has provided inconclusive results because of methodological problems and relatively short treatment duration periods. The effectiveness of an extended behavioral weight control program was evaluated during a 10-week treatment phase and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Children
Brylinsky, Jody – 1990
An examination of the interaction of social and cultural influences on body image development may yield an explanation for the development of eating disorder behavior, especially in understanding the special problems facing women athletes. There appear to be two major sociocultural factors influencing the development of body image in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletes, Body Image, Body Weight
Klein, Pnina S.; And Others – 1974
This study investigated the specific learning abilities and general adjustment of 50 children, 5-14 years of age, who had pyloric stenosis (PS) in infancy, compared to 44 siblings and 50 matched control children. PS involves a period of brief starvation in early infancy, unrelated to socioeconomic conditions and is surgically correctable. The…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Problems, Body Weight, Children
