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Kelly K. Hill
Researcher at University of Kentucky
Publications - 14
Citations - 462
Kelly K. Hill is an academic researcher from University of Kentucky. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Anorexia nervosa. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications receiving 440 citations.
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Thinness and eating expectancies predict subsequent binge-eating and purging behavior among adolescent girls.
TL;DR: The authors used trajectory analysis to identify groups of middle school girls who followed different trajectories of binge eating, purging, eating expectancies, and thinness expectancies and differentiated girls who began these problem behaviors from girls who did not.
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Gastrointestinal and nutritional aspects of eating disorders
TL;DR: Knowledge of the GI manifestations of eating disorders, and a high index of suspicion for one condition masquerading as the other, are required for the correct diagnosis and management of these patients.
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Validation of eating and dieting expectancy measures in two adolescent samples.
TL;DR: Results were consistent with prior work on college and clinical samples, thus supporting use of the expectancy measures with adolescents, and accounted for different bulimic symptom variance than that accounted for by the personality factors of perfectionism, interpersonal distrust, and ineffectiveness.
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Pilot study of growth hormone administration during the refeeding of malnourished anorexia nervosa patients.
Kelly K. Hill,John C. Bucuvalas,Craig J. McClain,Richard J. Kryscio,Robin Thompson Martini,Mary Pat Alfaro,Michael J. Maloney +6 more
TL;DR: Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) has been safely used as adjuvant therapy in other groups of malnourished patients and it is hypothesize that rhGH treatment will hasten medical stabilization in AN patients.
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Serum insulin-like growth factor-I concentrations in the recovery of patients with anorexia nervosa.
TL;DR: Assessment of serum IGF-I, retinol-binding protein and prealbumin, proteins commonly used to assess nutritional status, did not demonstrate important correlations with weight gain, and further studies are required to determine whether or not initial low IGF- I levels impede weight gain in AN patients.