Body weight in acute anorexia nervosa and at follow-up assessed with percentiles for the body mass index: Implications of a low body weight at referral

Objective A systematic epidemiological comparison of body weights of patients with anorexia nervosa can be enhanced by the use of age percentiles for the body mass index. Method: To demonstrate the feasibility of this approach, body mass indices of 81 female adolescents with anorexia nervosa were ca...

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