Medical issues and the eating disorders : the interface / edited by Allan S. Kaplan, Paul E. Garfinkel.

New York : Brunner/Mazel, [1993], ©1993.

xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Medical and nutritional assessment / Allan S. Kaplan -- Medical illnesses associated with weight loss and binge eating / Allan S. Kaplan and Mark Katz -- Binge eating in obese patients / G. Terence Wilson -- Medical complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa / Martina de Zwaan and James E. Mitchell -- Dental aspects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa / R. John McComb -- Neurotransmitter, neuropeptide, and neuroendocrine disturbances / David S. Goldbloom and Sidney H. Kennedy -- Alterations in metabolism and energy expenditure in eating disorders / Richard M. Black, Caroline Davis and Sidney H. Kennedy -- Menstrual and reproductive function in the eating disorders / David S. Goldbloom -- The interaction of chronic medical illness and eating disorders / Gary Rodin, Denis Daneman, and Janet deGroot -- Genetic contributions to eating disorders / D. Blake Woodside -- Medical management of the hospitalized patient / Sidney H. Kennedy and Colin Shapiro.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes