Kathleen Merikangas and NIMH colleagues interviewed about 10,000 teens aged 13 to 18 and found lifetime rates of 0.9 percent for bulimia, 1.6 percent for binge eating and 0.3 percent for anorexia. Most also had at least one other mental disorder tied to social impairment.
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More U.S. children, adolescents suffer eating disorders - report
Reviewing about 200 studies for Pediatrics, David Rosen estimates 0.5 percent of adolescent girls have anorexia nervosa and 1 to 2 percent bulimia, with boys now up to 10 percent of cases. He urges pediatricians to spot the signs, screen patients and intervene early.
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Pro-anorexia websites draw researchers' attention
Borzekowski and colleagues at Johns Hopkins examined about 180 pro-eating-disorder websites and found 84% carried pro-anorexia content, 64% pro-bulimia content, 85% "thinspiration" material and 38% recovery information.
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