ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Kids' Diets and Weight Gain.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: A report from Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a hospital in the Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill. With Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two founding members of Partners HealthCare. in Boston says children who diet may wind up gaining weight later due to possible metabolic changes and binge eating Binge eating A pattern of eating marked by episodes of rapid consumption of large amounts of food; usually food that is high in calories. Mentioned in: Anorexia Nervosa , according to an article by Reuters. Researchers based their report on a study conducted from 1996 to 1998, which involved more than 16,000 boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. age 9 to 14 in the United States. 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