Are Low Body Weight and Psychological Symptoms Associated With Cognitive Function in Children and Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gry Kjærsdam Telléus
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Psychological Symptoms

Are Low Body Weight and Psychological Symptoms Associated with Cognitive Function in Children and Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa?

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S285-S285
Author(s):  
G. Kjærsdam Telléus ◽  
J.R. Jepsen ◽  
M. Fjelkegaard ◽  
E. Christiansen ◽  
F. Birgitte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Multi Centre Study ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Study Results

IntroductionDespite an increasing focus on cognitive functions in eating disorders, only limited and contradictory knowledge regarding the relationship between cognitive functions and anorexia nervosa symptomatology currently exist.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate potential associations between cognitive functions and anorexia nervosa symptomatology in children and adolescents.MethodEating disorder symptoms and cognitive functions were examined in this cross-sectional, multi-centre study. Diagnostic scores i.e. BMI, psychological symptoms, and global EDE-16 were stratified on cognitive function. Children and adolescents suffering from severe recent-onset anorexia nervosa (n = 94) and healthy controls (n = 94), between the age 10.6 and 17.9 years (mean age 14.9 years, SD 1.8), participated in the study. The patients were divided into two groups, respectively above and below the median of cognitive functions.ResultsThe study findings revealed that Global EDE score significantly increased with age (P = 0.002, CI 0.08–0.36). Besides this, no significant associations between low body weight or psychological symptoms and cognitive functions were found. However, a large variability in cognitive functions was found on all measure in patients with anorexia nervosa than healthy controls.ConclusionWhile age seems to be significantly correlated to symptom burden the study results indicate that patients with anorexia nervosa is a much more heterogeneous group with regard to cognition than healthy controls. However, cognitive functions and anorexia nervosa symptomatology does not appear to be associated.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Anorexia Nervosa and Brain Tumor in a 14-Year-Old Girl

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 669-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mae S. Sokol ◽  
Chrystie K. Fujimoto ◽  
Tammy K. Jackson ◽  
Phillip J. Silberberg
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Cognitive Disturbances ◽  
Intracranial Neoplasm ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACTA 14-year-old girl with anorexia nervosa (AN) was found to have an intracranial neoplasm. Atypical psychological symptoms prompted further evaluation, including electroencephalogram and neuroimaging, which revealed a sellar and suprasellar mass.This patient had an eating disorder and a brain tumor, which appear to be two unrelated conditions. However, it remains unclear how each affected the other. The diagnosis of AN, like all other psychiatric disorders, requires that possible medical etiologies and coexisting medical problems be excluded. AN and other eating disorders are particularly difficult to diagnose in children and adolescents because they often do not present in the manner typical of adults. Perceptual and cognitive disturbances associated with AN are difficult to evaluate because children and adolescents normally change over time as they progress through different stages of development. Therefore, It is particularly important to evaluate for the presence of medical conditions when a diagnosis of an eating disorder is made in a child or adolescent.

Acute Treatment Outcomes of Children and Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann O. Hetrick ◽  
Beth D. Kennard ◽  
Sunita M. Stewart ◽  
Stephanie C. Setliff ◽  
Deanna S. Liss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Acute Treatment

Seizure response and cognitive function in children and adolescents treated with topiramate

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
U Brandl ◽  
G Kurlemann ◽  
B Neubauer ◽  
K Rettig ◽  
A Schreiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Children And Adolescents

Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Obesity among Children and Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Md Rizwanul Ahsan ◽  
Sabrina Makbul ◽  
Probir Kumar Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
Waist To Height Ratio ◽  
Family Based

Background: Now a days unhealthy lifestyle primarily responsible for the dramatic increase obesity among children and adolescents. Objective: The purpose of the study is to see the effects of a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention to reduce obese children and adolescents. The main outcome was cardiometabolic risk based on the waist-to-height ratio (WHTR) measurement. Secondary outcomes were (1) changes in body composition; (2) adherence to a Mediterranean diet; and (3) physical performance. Methods: The study involved 64 overweight/obese children or adolescents conducted at Dhaka Shishu Hospital from October 2017 to September 2018. The intervention was multidisciplinary including nutrition, exercise, and psychological aspects based on a family-based approach; it was delivered for six months for children and three months for adolescents. Before and after the intervention, several anthropometric measures height, body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and body composition, cardiometabolic risk index waist-to-height ratio (WHTR), and dietary habits of the participants and their families were evaluated. In addition, a set of functional motor fitness tests was performed to evaluate physical performance measures. Results: After the intervention both children and adolescents showed a significant reduction in body weight, BMI, waist circumference, fat mass, and WHTR index and an improvement of fat-free mass, adherence to the Mediterranean diet, and physical fitness performance. Conclusion: A short term family-based multidisciplinary approach is effective in ameliorating the health status, dietary habits, and physical performance in children and adolescents. DS (Child) H J 2019; 35(2) : 111-118

Significant association between a silent polymorphism in the neuromedin B gene and body weight in German children and adolescents

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Oeffner ◽  
D. Bornholdt ◽  
A. Ziegler ◽  
A. Hinney ◽  
T. Görg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Neuromedin B ◽  
German Children

scholarly journals Cognitive Function in Adults with Enduring Anorexia Nervosa

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 859
Author(s):  
Maria Seidel ◽  
Helen Brooker ◽  
Kamilla Lauenborg ◽  
Keith Wesnes ◽  
Magnus Sjögren
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Attention Tasks ◽  
Inclusion Study ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a severe and often enduring disorder characterized by restriction of food intake, low body weight, fear of weight gain, and distorted body image. Investigations on cognition performance in AN patients have yielded conflicting results. Using an established and sensitive computerized cognitive test battery, we aimed to assess core aspects of cognitive function, including attention span, information processing, reasoning, working and episodic memory, in AN patients and controls. Patients were recruited from the Danish Prospective Longitudinal all-comer inclusion study in Eating Disorders (PROLED). Included were 26 individuals with AN and 36 healthy volunteers (HV). All were tested with CogTrack (an online cognitive assessment system) at baseline, and AN patients were tested again at a follow-up time point after weight increase (n = 13). At baseline, AN patients showed faster reaction times in the attention tasks, as well as increased accuracy in grammatical reasoning compared to HV. There were no differences in cognitive function between AN patients and HV in the other cognitive domains measured (sustained attention, working and episodic memory, speed of retrieval, and speed of grammatical reasoning). No differences were visible in the AN sample between baseline and follow-up. Performance did not correlate with any clinical variables in the AN sample. These findings supplement results from other studies suggesting increased concentration and reasoning accuracy in patients suffering from AN, who showed increased performance in cognitive tasks despite their illness.

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