This study examined the relations of adolescents' perceptions of pressures from the media, their mothers, and their peers with the development of eating disorder symptomology. Participants were 333 male and female adolescents in high school grades 10-12 from a suburban area of the Midwestern US. During the school day, students completed Likert-type scales of perceived pressures and eating disorder symptomology. Canonical correlations showed that students who perceived greater pressures across all three environmental contexts also reported more eating disorder symptomology. However, the patterns of relations between the perceived pressures and specific eating disorder symptoms differed by gender. Implications for future research and prevention programs are discussed.

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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder that is difficult to treat, and relapse is common. This article addresses management strategies and nursing interventions for adolescents diagnosed with AN.

The preparation of (3-hydroxy-a-amino acids from glycine and various aldehydes by-aldolase enzymes is examined; attention is focused on substrate structural requirements, with stereoselectivity of the aldol reactions also considered.