Eating Disorders are a group of abnormal eating habits associated with a person's preoccupation weight, involving either insufficient or excessive food intake.
Eating disorders can be classified into
* Anorexia nervosa is a type of eating disorder usually develop in the teen years and affect over 90% of female, because of excessive food restriction and irrational fear to become fat due to the wrongly influenced media as attractiveness is equated to thinness.
* Bulimia nervosa is a medical condition of consuming a large amount of food in a short amount of time or one setting (binge eating), followed by self-induced vomiting, taking a laxative or diuretic and/or excessive exercise, etc. to compensate for the binge. Bulimia nervosa also affects almost 90% of females. Unlike anorexia nervosa, people suffering from bulimia nervosa are usually normal or slightly overweight.
* Binge eating disorder is a condition of compulsive eating huge amounts of food while feeling out of control and powerless to stop. It is a common eating disorder in the United States affecting 3.5% of females and 2% of males.
The review and update by Haller E. at the University of California indicated Anorexia nervosa is diagnosed when a person refuses to maintain his or her body weight over a minimally normal weight for age and height, such as 15% below that expected, has an intense fear of gaining weight, has a disturbed body image, and, in women, has primary or secondary amenorrhea.
* Obsession with calories and fat content of food and try to avoid eating altogether. They deny hunger and will usually avoid eating around others as well as avoiding situations where food might be present.
According to the results of children and adolescents with EDs received omega-3 supplements (300 mg eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA] and 200 mg docosahexaenoic acid [DHA]/day) for 8 weeks,
* Omega-3 was well tolerated by all participants.
* Compared to baseline, at week 8 there was a significant increase in mean percent ideal body weight but no significant difference in scores on the Inventory-3 (EDI-3), Children's Depression Inventory-2 (CDI-2), and Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC).
* Obsession with calories and fat content of food and try to avoid eating altogether. They deny hunger and will usually avoid eating around others as well as avoiding situations where food might be present.
Omega-3 fatty acids are phytochemicals in the class of lipids, found abundantly in deepsea fisk, dark-green leafy vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, etc.
The three main components of Omega-3 fatty acids are alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of digestive disorders, researchers evaluated the effects of omega-3 fatty acids as an adjunctive treatment for children and adolescents with eating disorders (EDs).
On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of digestive disorders, researchers evaluated the effects of omega-3 fatty acids as an adjunctive treatment for children and adolescents with eating disorders (EDs).
* Compared to baseline, at week 8 there was a significant increase in mean percent ideal body weight but no significant difference in scores on the Inventory-3 (EDI-3), Children's Depression Inventory-2 (CDI-2), and Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC).
Based on the results, researchers concluded, " omega-3 supplements are acceptable and well-tolerated in the pediatric ED population".
Taken altogether, Omega-3 fatty acids found abundantly in fish oil and plant oil may be considered a functional food for the treatment of eating disorders in children and adolescents, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.
Intake of Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.
Sources
(1) Acceptability and tolerability of omega-3 fatty acids as adjunctive treatment for children and adolescents with eating disorders by Woo J1, Couturier J2,3, Pindiprolu B1, Picard L2, Maertens C1, Leclerc A2, Findlay S2,4, Johnson N2,4, Grant C2,4, Kimber M. (PubMed)
(2) Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acids are associated with depression in adolescents with eating disorders and weight loss by Swenne I1, Rosling A, Tengblad S, Vessby B. (PubMed)
Intake of Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.
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Back to Kyle J. Norton Homepage http://kylejnorton.blogspot.ca
Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.
Sources
(1) Acceptability and tolerability of omega-3 fatty acids as adjunctive treatment for children and adolescents with eating disorders by Woo J1, Couturier J2,3, Pindiprolu B1, Picard L2, Maertens C1, Leclerc A2, Findlay S2,4, Johnson N2,4, Grant C2,4, Kimber M. (PubMed)
(2) Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acids are associated with depression in adolescents with eating disorders and weight loss by Swenne I1, Rosling A, Tengblad S, Vessby B. (PubMed)
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