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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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Investigators at University of Sheffield zero in on Asperger syndrome.(Report)

Article from: Biotech Week Article date: March 18, 2009

According to a study from Thessaloniki, Greece, "Despite the evidence that individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) have a propensity for being underweight or having comorbid eating disorders, no previous research has compared the eating attitudes of adolescent girls with AS to typically developing peers."

"This study compared reports of eating problems provided by the adolescent girls themselves (56 with and 56 without AS) and their mothers on the EAT-26. Results indicated that adolescent girls with AS are at a higher ...

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