Abstract Background In Pakistan, for a decade or so, there has been a huge increase in
body ideals, and thinness and eating disorders reported during pregnancy. The purpose of …

Introduction and purpose: Eating disorders are a serious problem in the developing world.
The media are flooding the public images of thinness promoting it as a healthy, fashionable …

The importance of detecting eating disorders (EDs) during pregnancy cannot be
overemphasized, because of the major negative effects this pathology has on both maternal …

Purpose Pregorexia is a phenomenon posited to occur in the peripartum, characterized by
an attempt to counter pregnancy's physiological changes in body shape through reduced …

Background: Eating disorders (ED) are a diagnostic category that includes several
nosological units such as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), or binge eating …

The pregorexia trend of this decade appears to be driven by images of thin pregnant
celebrities. This exploratory study seeks to discover how prevalent this trend is in Ireland …

Anorexia occurring during pregnancy can have a devastating effect on the pregnant
woman's physiological clinical picture, mental health and fetal development. This is because …

Anorexia nervosa is a condition thought to be associated with the western culture. However,
the recent publication of a case series from Asia suggests that it is a syndrome related to a …

Objectives: To find out frequency of anorexia nervosa (AN) among teenage girls (TG) and to
find out the knowledge and practice regarding anorexia nervosa among teenage girls …

Pregorexia: body image over baby? Page 1 WITH WOMAN the sight of a heavily pregnant
woman pounding the treadmill in the gym mean she’sa sure fire pregorexic? In general the …