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Eating attitudes in a diverse sample of Israeli adolescent females: a comparison studyY Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
J Adolesc 28:317-23. 2005..To estimate the eating attitudes in Israeli Jewish female adolescents...
Eating disorders and disordered eating in Israel: an updated reviewYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatry Division, Rambam Medical Center, Affiliated With the School of Social Work, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
Eur Eat Disord Rev 16:361-74. 2008....- Weight concern, dieting and eating behaviors. A survey of Israeli high school girlsYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
Int J Adolesc Med Health 15:295-305. 2003..Additionally, this study examined and identified which group was most prone to develop disordered eating behaviors and attitudes... - Dying to be thin: attachment to death in anorexia nervosaYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Division of Psychiatry, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
ScientificWorldJournal 5:820-7. 2005..This paper reviews suicidal tendency and disturbed body image, death and eating disorders, and attachment and death with clinical implications related to AN... - Editorial: eating disorders: update, controversies, and the Israeli perspectiveYael Latzer
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 42:141-5. 2005 - Eating attitudes and dieting behavior among religious subgroups of Israeli-Arab adolescent femalesYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, P O Box 9602, Haifa, 31096, Israel
J Relig Health 48:189-99. 2009.... - Level of religiosity and disordered eating psychopathology among modern-orthodox Jewish adolescent girls in IsraelYael Latzer
School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel
Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:511-21. 2007..To examine the relation between level of religiosity, grade level, self-esteem, and level of disordered eating-related psychopathology among Modem Orthodox Jewish adolescent girls in Israel... - Socio-demographic characteristics of eating disorder patients in an outpatient clinic: a descriptive epidemiological studyYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Eur Eat Disord Rev 16:139-46. 2008..The present study focused on the differential help-seeking characteristics of eating disorder (ED) patients... - Disordered eating related behaviors among Arab schoolgirls in Israel: an epidemiological studyYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Int J Eat Disord 40:263-70. 2007..To examine the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among three religious subgroups of Arab schoolgirls in Israel (Moslems, Druze, and Christians)... - Comparative study of eating-related attitudes and psychological traits between Israeli-Arab and -Jewish schoolgirlsYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
J Adolesc 30:627-37. 2007.... - Naturalistic sleep monitoring in women suffering from bulimia nervosaY Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Int J Eat Disord 26:315-21. 1999..No studies of their sleep-wake cycles in a natural environment have as yet been reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an objective and subjective sleep-wake cycle of BN compared to a healthy age-equated control group (CON)... - [Diet or health--the linkage between vegetarianism and anorexia nervosa]Aviva Aloufy
The Israel Poison Information Center, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
Harefuah 145:526-31, 549. 2006..Many surveys point to the abuse of vegetarianism as a mask for weight control. The vegetarian diet, a selective way of eating, might precede different eating disorders and increase the risk of developing anorexia nervosa... - Anorexia nervosa and the family: effects on younger sisters to anorexia nervosa patientsYael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, PO Box 9602, IL 31096 Haifa, Israel
Int J Adolesc Med Health 14:275-81. 2002..In addition, it opens a window to the world of a family coping with the illness, and clarifies processes of change taking place within it... - [Binge eating disorder (BED)--new diagnostic category]Yael Latzer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, School of Social Work, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
Harefuah 142:544-9, 564. 2003..This diagnostic dilemma is discussed in light of clinical and empirical literature. Clinical and therapeutic implications are presented and ideas for future research are proposed... - [Sleeping and eating disorders]Galia Golan
School of Social Work, Haifa University, Sleep Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Harefuah 141:552-9, 577. 2002..The discussion suggests some possible explanations for the discrepancies between subjective and objective experience of sleep... - A case report: treatment of severe anorexia nervosa with home total parenteral hyperalimentationY Latzer
Eating Disorder Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Int J Eat Disord 27:115-8. 2000..In the severe stage, parenteral alimentation is often required. To date, the optimal regime for parenteral refeeding has not been well documented. Most, if not all, such treatment is performed on an inpatient basis... - The role of the family physician in eating disordersShlomit Sayag
Misgav Health and Social Services Center, Klalit Health Services, Haifa, Israel
Int J Adolesc Med Health 14:261-7. 2002..The importance of the FP in the decision for hospitalization, referral, and follow-up is emphasized, as well as the pivotal role of the FP as a multi-disciplinary team coordinator... - Salivary and gustatory alterations among bulimia nervosa patientsT Blazer
Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Eur J Clin Nutr 62:916-22. 2008..This study systematically examined salivary composition and taste perception and monitored related subjective complaints in a group of bulimia nervosa (BN) patients... - Anomalous lateral dominance patterns in women with eating disorders: clues to neurobiological basesZohar Eviatar
Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making, Haifa University, Israel
Int J Neurosci 118:1425-42. 2008..We tested the hypothesis that there is differential hemispheric functioning in women with eating disorders as compared to controls... - Characteristics of calls to the Israeli hotline during the IntifadaItzhak Gilat
ERAN, Israeli Association of Emotional First Aid, P O Box 7137, Netanya, 42170, Israel
Community Ment Health J 43:401-20. 2007..The implications of the findings are discussed in terms of understanding the unique psychological response to a new kind of stress, as seen from the perspective of calls to a hotline... - Rejection of life in anorexic and bulimic patientsEytan Bachar
Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Eat Disord 31:43-8. 2002..Clinically, the findings might direct clinicians to help patients reduce their "self-guilt," that is, guilt of promoting their own interests... - Anorexia nervosa and parental bonding: the contribution of parent-grandparent relationships to eating disorder psychopathologyLaura Canetti
Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, P O B 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
J Clin Psychol 64:703-16. 2008..The present findings suggest that parental characteristics of grandparents might play a role in the development of eating disorders in granddaughters... - Sleep-wake cycles in obese children with and without binge-eating episodesOrna Tzischinsky
Emek Yezreel College, Emek Yezreel, Israel
J Paediatr Child Health 42:688-93. 2006..The aim of the study was to assess binge-eating episodes and to characterise sleep-wake cycles among obese children... - Depressive tendencies and lower levels of self-sacrifice in mothers, and selflessness in their anorexic daughtersEytan Bachar
Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Eur Eat Disord Rev 16:184-90. 2008..The results support the clinical literature that depicts the anorexic daughters' readiness to sacrifice themselves for the family's needs. Clinical implications are drawn...