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Author | dc.contributor.author | Marín Briano, Verónica | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Sommer, Katerina | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Agurto, Paulina | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Ceballos, María Luisa | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Aguirre, María Luisa | |
Admission date | dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-15T16:07:58Z | |
Available date | dc.date.available | 2019-03-15T16:07:58Z | |
Publication date | dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
Cita de ítem | dc.identifier.citation | Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 142, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1253-1258 | |
Identifier | dc.identifier.issn | 07176163 | |
Identifier | dc.identifier.issn | 00349887 | |
Identifier | dc.identifier.other | 10.4067/S0034-98872014001000004 | |
Identifier | dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/166335 | |
Abstract | dc.description.abstract | © 2014, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Preliminary research suggests that eating disorders (ED) are common among overweight teenagers. Missing the diagnosis is a poor prognostic factor. Aim: To quantify the risk of ED and the effects of age, sex and severity of obesity in obese adolescents. Patients and Methods: We studied 99 obese adolescents with a body mass index (BMI) > percentile 95 of CDC-NCHS, 51% females, aged between 11 and 19 years, attending an obesity clinic. The Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2) was used to evaluate the risk of ED. A score equal or higher than 110, corresponding to the 85th percentile, was considered as risky. Results: Sixteen percent of studied adolescents had EDI scores > 110. No statistically significant differences were observed by age, sex or severity of obesity. EDI-2 scores in participants with a BMI z score over and under 4 were 93.6 ± 33.9 and 78.2 ± 38.8 respectively (p = 0.02). A high percentage of participants h | |
Lenguage | dc.language.iso | en | |
Publisher | dc.publisher | Sociedad Medica de Santiago | |
Type of license | dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile | |
Link to License | dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ | |
Source | dc.source | Revista Medica de Chile | |
Keywords | dc.subject | Adolescent | |
Keywords | dc.subject | Eating disorders | |
Keywords | dc.subject | Obesity | |
Título | dc.title | Eating disorders risk among obese adolescents Riesgo de trastornos alimentarios en adolescentes obesos de la Región Metropolitana | |
Document type | dc.type | Artículo de revista | |
dcterms.accessRights | dcterms.accessRights | Acceso Abierto | |
Cataloguer | uchile.catalogador | SCOPUS | |
Indexation | uchile.index | Artículo de publicación SCOPUS | |
uchile.cosecha | uchile.cosecha | SI | |
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