Change in eating disorder symptoms following pediatric obesity treatment.
Dawn M EichenDavid R StrongKyung E RheeCheryl L RockScott J CrowLeonard H EpsteinDenise E WilfleyKerri N BoutellePublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2019)
Results confirm the hypothesis that ED symptoms do not increase after participating in FBT or a FBT-based treatment. These findings should help assuage fears of parents that enrolling their child will exacerbate ED symptoms and aid children to access evidence-based treatments that may help reduce significant physical and psychosocial complications of childhood obesity.