Seasonal variation of BMI at admission in German adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

OBJECTIVE:Recent preliminary studies indicated a seasonal association of BMI at admission to inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN), indicating lower BMI in the cold season for restrictive AN. An impaired thermoregulation was proposed as the causal factor, based on findings in animal models o...

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Main Authors: David R Kolar, Katharina Bühren, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Katja Becker, Karin Egberts, Stefan Ehrlich, Christian Fleischhaker, Alexander von Gontard, Freia Hahn, Michael Huss, Charlotte Jaite, Michael Kaess, Tanja Legenbauer, Tobias J Renner, Veit Roessner, Ulrike Schulze, Judith Sinzig, Ida Wessing, Johannes Hebebrand, Manuel Föcker, Ekkehart Jenetzky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6133390?pdf=render