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Eating disorders: a women's health problem in primary care. 1994

D E Wilfley, and C M Grilo

Eating disorders pose a significant risk to the health and psychological well-being of adolescent girls and adult women, yet a sizeable number of health care practitioners do not routinely assess for eating disorders. This paper provides an overview of what is currently understood about the nature and assessment of eating disorders. Diagnostic features, psychiatric comorbidity, and medical complications of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are discussed. We suggest ways that health care providers can incorporate assessment for eating disorders and referral for treatment into their routine clinical care practices.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009722	Nurse Practitioners	Nurses who are specially trained to assume an expanded role in providing medical care under the supervision of a physician.	Nurse Practitioner,Practitioner, Nurse,Practitioners, Nurse
D011320	Primary Health Care	Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)	Primary Care,Primary Healthcare,Care, Primary,Care, Primary Health,Health Care, Primary,Healthcare, Primary
D012017	Referral and Consultation	The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.	Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001068	Feeding and Eating Disorders	A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.	Appetite Disorders,Eating Disorders,Eating and Feeding Disorders,Feeding Disorders,Appetite Disorder,Disorder, Eating,Disorder, Feeding,Disorders, Eating,Disorders, Feeding,Eating Disorder,Feeding Disorder
D016387	Women's Health	The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women.	Woman's Health,Womens Health,Health, Woman's,Health, Women's,Health, Womens