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KMID : 0363420140280010007
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2014 Volume.28 No. 1 p.7 ~ p.13
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A Survey of the Growth State of the Children with Anorexia and the Perception of Their Parents
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Yu Sun-Ae
Lee Seung-Yeon
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Abstract
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Objectives: Many parents are stressed from their children with anorexia, so this study was planned to investigate the growth state of the children with anorexia and the main concerns of their parents.
Methods: We searched some medical documents regarding 21 children with anorexia and performed questionnaires on their parents.
Results: 21 children (male 14, female 7) were studied, the average age of children was 53.62±20.46 months, the average
height was 102.93±12.36㎝, the average weight was 16.37±1.31㎏, the average BMI was 15.26±1.31. 16 (76.10%) parents have experienced stress regarding their children's slow weight increase. There was no relationship between BMI of the children and the degree of stress of their parents. The parents tend to scold or to give nutrition supplement to their children to solve the anorexia. Many of the parents considered their children has anorexia just by looking at the children's attitude towards to the meals or when children had food whatever it given only.
Conclusions: The children with anorexia were mostly developed poorly. However, the parents who had children were
developing nicely were also stressed because of their children's picky eating behavior and the difficults in coaching
their children food.
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KEYWORD
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Anorexia, Children, Growth
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