Using structured interviews, coping and adjustment measures, self - rating behaviour scales, and anxiety and depression scales, these authors found significant differences in
the prevalence of eating disorders, with displaced children exhibiting more eating disorders than non-displaced and refugee children.
In a study that followed more than 13,000 young people from age 14 to age 20, researchers found that
the prevalence of eating disorders in the male study participants rose from 1.2 % at age 14 to 2.9 % at age 20.
The group hopes its recommendations will help reduce a disturbing
prevalence of eating disorders and unsafe weight - maintenance habits that affect up to 62 percent of athletes.
Interpret limitations inherent in the Add Health survey for studying
the prevalence of eating disorder symptoms.
Research ahead of the updated guidelines emphasized the high
prevalence of eating disorder - NOS diagnoses, whether binge eating disorder is a valid diagnosis, whether amenorrhea should be a criterion for anorexia nervosa (AN), and the frequency of behaviors required for bulimia nervosa.
Not exact matches
Patterns and
Prevalence of Disordered Eating and Weight Control Behaviors in Women Ages 25 — 45 (relevant because this is what early dieting frequently leads to)
These statistics are alarming, the authors
of the new paper point out, considering that the
prevalence of ARFID has been estimated at 3.2 percent in the general population and from 14 to 22.5 percent among children in pediatric treatment programs for any kind
of eating disorder.
The
prevalence and correlates
of eating disorders in the national comorbidity survey replication.
Although the exact
prevalence of the female athlete triad is unknown, studies have reported
disordered eating behavior in 15 to 62 percent
of female college athletes.
I have held a particular interest in Jungian analytical psychology; individual depth psychotherapy; developmental psychology; relationship therapy; family systems theory; addictions and
eating disorders; and the
prevalence, meaning and treatment
of depression.
Assess the
prevalence and persistence
of disordered eating behaviors, including binge
eating and extreme weight control practices, among overweight adolescents.
Results: Among both overweight males and females, risk factors for
disordered eating included exposure to weight loss magazine articles, higher weight importance, and unhealthy weight control behaviors, while family connectedness, body satisfaction, and regular meals were protective factors, although there were some differences in predictors
of prevalence (total cases) versus incidence (new cases)
of disordered eating.
Objective: To identify predictors
of prevalence and incidence
of disordered eating (binge
eating and extreme weight control behaviors) among overweight adolescents.
Binge
eating disorder is the most common
eating disorder with a
prevalence of nearly 15,000,000 Americans each year.
Hudson, J., Hiripi, E., Pope, H., & Kessler, R. (2007) «The
prevalence and correlates
of eating disorders in the national comorbidity survey replication.»