Eating disorders

Eating disorders (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa) occur in about 1% of pregnancies. Treatment generally requires the collaboration of an interdisciplinary team with experience in eating disorders and pregnancy. Signs and symptoms of an eating disorder can include lack of weight gain over 2 consecutive prenatal visits (2nd and/or 3rd trimester), history of an eating disorder, unexplained electrolyte abnormalities, obsession with weight gain or eating habits, and hyperemesis gravidarum. (Lusskin, 2005; Astrachan-Fletcher, 2008).