Eating disorder symptomatology is not associated with pregnancy and perinatal complications in a cohort of adolescents who were born preterm

Feingold, Ellen; Sheir-Neiss, Geraldine; Melnychuk, Jennifer; Bachrach, Steven J.; Paul, David A.

doi:10.1002/eat.10021

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“…14,15 Only 25% of the LBW girls perceived themselves as overweight, compared to 42-43% in populations of same aged girls in general. 9,16 The results on eating attitudes are consistent with findings from one small prospective study 4 that examined eating attitudes among 24 prospectively followed prematurely born girls and found no relation between common LBW birth complications and the development of unhealthy eating attitudes at 18-19 years of age. Together, these findings suggest that LBW per se is not a risk factor for abnormal eating attitudes in adolescent girls and would not be useful to include in a screen to identify girls at high risk for eating disorders.…”

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“…1,3 Furthermore, the research has almost exclusively focused on clinical populations and can thus not be generalized to how nonreferred LBW girls feel about their weight and eating. The one study that examined eating attitudes in nonhospitalized LBW girls 4 found no connection between LBW and abnormal eating attitudes, but the sample size was too small to draw a firm conclusion. This study fills a gap in the literature by examining the prevalence of disturbed eating attitudes and weight concerns in a large prospective regional sample of LBW girls.…”

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Eating attitudes and weight concerns in female low birth weight adolescents

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Feldman

Lorenz

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Intl J Eating Disorders

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Eating attitudes and weight concerns in female low birth weight adolescents

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Feldman

Lorenz

et al. 2008

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…Increased risk of anorexia nervosa (AN) was associated with being born at less than 32 weeks' gestation (Cnattingius, Hultman, Dahl, & Sparen, 1999) and lower gestational age (Foley, Neale, & Kendler, 2000). However, participants were aged between 18 and 19 years and therefore not completely over the period of risk for ED (Feingold, Sheir-Neiss, Melnychuk, Bachrach, & Paul, 2002). In contrast to these investigations, a small prospective study did not find a higher prevalence of ED in preterm adolescents.…”

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Eating Disorder Psychopathology, Brain Structure, Neuropsychological Correlates and Risk Mechanisms in Very Preterm Young Adults

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Kothari

Nam

et al. 2015

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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This study investigates the prevalence of eating disorder (ED) psychopathology, neuropsychological function, structural brain correlates and risk mechanisms in a prospective cohort of very preterm (VPT) young adults. We assessed ED psychopathology and neuropsychological correlates in 143 cohort individuals born at <33 weeks of gestation. Structural brain correlates and risk factors at birth, in childhood and adolescence, were investigated using prospectively collected data throughout childhood/adolescence. VPT-born individuals had high levels of ED psychopathology at age 21 years. Executive function did not correlate with ED symptomatology. VPT adults presenting with ED psychopathology had smaller grey matter volume at age 14/15 years in the left posterior cerebellum and smaller white matter volume in the fusiform gyrus bilaterally, compared with VPT adults with no ED psychopathology. Caesarean delivery predicted engaging in compensatory behaviours, and severe eating difficulty at age 14 years predicted ED symptomatology in young adulthood. VPT individuals are at risk for ED symptomatology, with evidence of associated structural alterations in posterior brain regions. Further prospective studies are needed to clarify the pathways that lead from perinatal/obstetric complications to ED and relevant neurobiological mechanisms. © 2015 The Authors. European Eating Disorders Review published by John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.

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“…11,[14][15][16][17] Muscle strength may also be reduced, 18 although differences become less apparent as teens get older. However, some studies of ELBW and VLBW survivors in late teens and early adulthood found no height or weight differences 19,20 with catch-up growth to puberty in ELBW 16 and VLBW children. 21 Various studies have also shown that small for gestational age ELBW infants who did not experience catch-up growth throughout childhood remained smaller as adults, 21 with 1 study finding that small for gestational age VLBW boys show the least catch-up growth.…”

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Aerobic Capacity, Strength, Flexibility, and Activity Level in Unimpaired Extremely Low Birth Weight (≤800 g) Survivors at 17 Years of Age Compared With Term-Born Control Subjects

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ABSTRACT. Objectives. To compare aerobic capacity, strength, flexibility, and activity level in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) adolescents at 17 years of age with term-born control subjects.Methods. . ELBW and control teens were assessed by a pediatric physiotherapist and completed components of the Canadian Physical Activity, Fitness and Lifestyle Appraisal and a self-assessment fitness and activity questionnaire. Continuous data were analyzed using MANOVA (group, gender) followed by t tests; categorical data were analyzed using the 2 test.Results. ELBW teens had lower aerobic capacity, grip strength, leg power, and vertical jump; could do fewer push-ups; had less abdominal strength as measured by curl-ups; had less lower back flexibility; and had tighter hamstrings. ELBW teens reported less previous and current sports participation, lower physical activity level, and poorer coordination compared with term-born control subjects. ELBW teens were also found to have more difficulty with maintenance of rhythm and cadence. Although ELBW teens rated themselves lower on all measures of sporting activity, they were as happy with their level of fitness as the control subjects.Conclusions. Compared with term-born control subjects, there are significant differences in motor performance in unimpaired ELBW survivors in late adolescence, reflected in aerobic capacity, strength, endurance, flexibility, and activity level. We conclude that these differences in fitness and physical activity are related to the interaction of effects of premature birth on the motor system together with a more inactive lifestyle. These findings have potential implications for later adult health problems. Pediatrics 2005;116:e58-e65. URL: www. pediatrics.org/cgi

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Eating disorder symptomatology is not associated with pregnancy and perinatal complications in a cohort of adolescents who were born preterm

Abstract: These results indicate that traumatic episodes early in life, including brain insults, do not appear to increase the susceptibility of developing eating disorder symptomatology, depression, deficiency of self-esteem, or distortion of body shape during late adolescence.

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Eating attitudes and weight concerns in female low birth weight adolescents

Eating attitudes and weight concerns in female low birth weight adolescents

Eating Disorder Psychopathology, Brain Structure, Neuropsychological Correlates and Risk Mechanisms in Very Preterm Young Adults

Aerobic Capacity, Strength, Flexibility, and Activity Level in Unimpaired Extremely Low Birth Weight (≤800 g) Survivors at 17 Years of Age Compared With Term-Born Control Subjects

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