Anorexia nervosa victims, aged 8
NZPA-PA London Children as young as eight are becoming victims of the slimmers’ disease, Anorexia nervosa, a research psychologist said. The problem is on the increase among boys as well as girls, the annual conference of the British Psychological Society in Sheffield was told. Most children suffering from the potentially fatal disease come from con-flict-ridden homes and almost half are the youngest children in the family, said Mrs Rachel BryantWaugh, of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
“At the moment, referrals to Great Ormond Street are increasing alarmingly, and treatment success rates are far too low,” she said.
Children she studied were mostly still depressed and still experiencing trouble with eating seven years after it was first noticed they had the disease.
The over-all prognosis was not good, with boys doing worse than girls.
It was vital that doctors were alerted to the fact that young children could become anorexic, so that they could be helped as early as possible, Mrs Bryant-Waugh said.
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