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Sixty-six consecutive infertility clinic patients were prospectively screened with
the 26-item Eating Attitudes Test and a study questionnaire. Women identified as being
at high risk for an eating disorder were then interviewed to confirm or refute the
diagnosis. A total of 7.6% of infertility clinic women were found to suffer from anorexia
nervosa or bulimia nervosa. If eating disorders not otherwise specified were included,
a total of 16.7% of infertility patients were found to suffer from an eating disorder.
Among infertile women with amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea 58% had eating disorders.
Because women often fail to disclose eating disorders to their gynecologists and may
appear to be of normal weight, it is recommended that a nutritional and eating disorder
history be taken in infertility patients, particulary those with menstrual abnormalities.
It has previously been shown that disordered eating and nutrition can affect menstruation,
fertility, maternal weight gain, and fetal well-being.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 18,
1990
Received in revised form:
April 25,
1990
Received:
October 17,
1989
Footnotes
This work was partially supported by a Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation grant to Drs. Stewart and Robinson.
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© 1990 Mosby. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
