1. Sex differences in refeeding among hospitalized adolescents and young adults with eating disorders
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Nagata, Jason M, Bojorquez‐Ramirez, Paola, Nguyen, Anthony, Ganson, Kyle T, Machen, Vanessa I, Cattle, Chloe J, Buckelew, Sara M, and Garber, Andrea K
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Paediatrics ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Anorexia ,Nutrition ,Mental Health ,Prevention ,Clinical Research ,Eating Disorders ,Pediatric ,Adolescent ,Adolescent ,Hospitalized ,Adult ,Anorexia Nervosa ,Child ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,Female ,Hospitalization ,Humans ,Male ,Retrospective Studies ,Sex Characteristics ,Young Adult ,adolescent ,anorexia nervosa ,bulimia nervosa ,eating disorders ,male health ,nutrition ,refeeding ,sex differences ,young adult ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Clinical Psychology ,Nutrition and dietetics ,Public health - Abstract
ObjectiveTo determine sex differences in refeeding (i.e., short-term nutritional rehabilitation) outcomes among hospitalized adolescents and young adults with eating disorders.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed electronic medical records of 601 patients aged 9-25 years admitted to the University of California, San Francisco Eating Disorders Program for medical and nutritional management between May 2012 and August 2020. Descriptive statistics, crude, and adjusted linear regression models were used to assess the association between sex and nutritional outcomes and predictors of length of stay.ResultsA total of 588 adolescents and young adults met eligibility criteria (16% male, mean [SD] age 15.96 [2.75], 71.6% anorexia nervosa, admission percent median body mass index [%mBMI] 87.1 ± 14.1). In unadjusted comparisons, there were no significant sex differences in prescribed kilocalories (kcal) per day at admission (2013 vs. 1980, p = .188); however, males had higher estimated energy requirements (EER, kcal) (3,694 vs. 2,925, p
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- 2022