Why are operations cancelled?

Abstract

and vomiting some mothers were preoccupied and irritable and had to absent themselves.In addition, some resisted overeating by keeping limited amounts of food at home, and this complicated their child's feeding.The mothers' overconcern with shape and weight seemed also to have had an effect.It militated against breast feeding and was associated with undue concern about the children's shape and weight, which in turn affected how they were fed.Furthermore, the mothers' general psychiatric and personality disturbance may have influenced the children's development.'This small case series suggests that further research is needed on the children of mothers with bulimia nervosa.If our findings are confirmed doctors and other health workers should be especially mindful of the feeding and development of such children.We are grateful to the Wellcome Trust for its support and to Helen Woolley, Robert Peveler, and Pavlos Anastasiades for their help.