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

‘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
Source-Eurekalert