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Osteopenia lingers in recovered teen anorexics. (Long-Term High Fracture Risk).
DENVER -- Spinal osteopenia persists in adolescents with anorexia nervosa a full year after they recover their body weight and resume menstrual periods, Dr. Leslie Soyka reported at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.
This is a worrisome new finding. Adolescence is the peak period of life for bone mass accrual. Unless these girls successfully undergo treatment directed specifically at increasing bone formation, they are likely to have a high fracture risk for the rest of their lives, cautioned Dr. Soyka of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
She reported on 19 adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa and 19 healthy age-matched girls. The subjects were followed for 12 months.
At baseline, lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) as measured by dual-energy x-ray photometry was significantly lower in the anorexic girls. With treatment directed at their eating disorder, 8 of the 19 girls with anorexia nervosa recovered by 12 months. Their body mass index increased and they resumed menstruation. However, their ...
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