The Physiological Consequences of Energy Deficiency for Adolescent Girls: Eating Disorders and the Web

Provides a simplified overview of the glands and hormones involved in menses and highlights the consequences of energy deficiency related to abnormal menstrual cycling. Discusses the promotion of energy deficiency on the Web. Concludes that the prevention framework must incorporate the home, school,...

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Published in:The Clearing house 2002-07, Vol.75 (6), p.297-300
Main Author: McComb, Jacalyn Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescent health
Adolescents
Anatomical systems
Anorexia nervosa
Body Weight
Bone density
Bones
Computers
dietary habits
Disorders
Eating Disorders
Eating Habits
Energy
Energy deficiencies
Estrogens
Families & family life
Females
Food
Health
Health care
health education
Hormones
Households
Internet
Life
Lifetime
Mass
Menstruation
Nutrition
Osteoporosis
Preventive medicine
Puberty
Scientific Concepts
Secondary Education
Teenagers
What's New In
Women
World Wide Web
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Summary:Provides a simplified overview of the glands and hormones involved in menses and highlights the consequences of energy deficiency related to abnormal menstrual cycling. Discusses the promotion of energy deficiency on the Web. Concludes that the prevention framework must incorporate the home, school, and larger community in partnership to promote healthful dietary and exercise behaviors. Argues educators must teach female adolescents about the consequences of energy deficiency. (SG)
ISSN:0009-8655
1939-912X
DOI:10.1080/00098650209603959