Eating Disorders Among Young Children

Among U.S. children, eating disorders were found to be more common than thought.

Among U.S. children ages 9 to 10, the frequency of eating disorder diagnoses was low, revealed data.

The authors suggest sex differences in eating disorders may not emerge until later on in adolescence.

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Eating disorders involve extreme attitudes and behaviors towards food and weight. It has the highest suicidal mortality rate than other mental illnesses.

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Across all eating disorder diagnoses, the overall frequency was 1.4 percent with no significant differences between girls and boys in a nationally representative group of 4,500 children 9 to 10 years old.

In this group of children, //the prevalence of anorexia nervosa was 0.1 percent, there were no cases of bulimia nervosa, the frequency of binge-eating disorder was 0.6 percent, and the prevalence of any other specified feeding and eating disorder diagnosis was 0.7 percent.

Authors: Aaron J. Blashill, Ph.D., of San Diego State University, San Diego, California, and coauthors

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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder most commonly found among teenage girls. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by a very low body weight, generally defined as 15% below the Body Mass Index.

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When a person overeats, he is unable to control his hunger pangs, while during an emotional/binge eating session, he is incapable of controlling his emotions.

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Eating disorders are more of a psychiatric disorder that cause severe disturbances to a person's eating behaviors due to obsessions with food, body weight, and shape.

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Eating Disorders Among Young Children

Among U.S. children, eating disorders were found to be more common than thought.

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