Childhood-Onset Eating Problems: Findings from Research
Claudine Fox and Carol Joughin
Within the last few years, eating
problems in childhood have become a real public health issue.
Problems at this stage in the life course have a huge potential
impact on the growth and development of the child and cause high
anxiety for parents and carers.
This report provides an up-to-date
information resource about childhood-onset eating problems and
discusses the current position of research within the field. It
will be of practical use to general practitioners and
paediatricians as well as other specialists working with
children.
Features:
- Focuses on eating problems found in
children between the ages of 5-12 years
- Provides data about incidence
- Practical information about
interventions and treatments
- Examines aetiological and maintaining
factors
- Assesses long-term effects of an
inadequate diet
- Discusses potential and actual
outcomes for the different disorders
- Includes a review of the research
conducted within the field and critical appraisal of key research
papers
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. Types of eating
problem
·Classification ·Eating problems ·Identification of
childhood-onset eating problems
2.
Incidence and prevalence
·General population
·Clinical population
3. Aetiology and
maintaining
factors
·Risk
factors
4. Intervention
approaches
·Physical treatments
·Behavioural therapy ·Cognitive - behavioural
therapy
·Individualpsychodynamic psychotherapy
·Family therapy and parental counselling
·Treatment of specific eating problems
5. Long-term
outlook
·Outlook of
specific eating problems ·Effect on growth and development
6. Outline of
current service
provision
·Disciplines
involved ·Specialist services
7. Research within
the
field
·History/background
·Quantity and quality of research ·Overview of research
·Research tables ·Table of status of
research ·Details of critical appraisal of
services
·Recent research
8. Conclusions and
recommendations
·Key
issues ·What about the future?
Glossary
Useful addresses
Bibliography
Appendix I: Literature search
Appendix II: Critical appraisal tools
Appendix III: Assessment of study quality
Appendix IV: Assessment of a child’s growth potential
Index