Eating Disorders


Eating Disorders

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In the U.S. as many as 10 in 100 young women suffer from an eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia - two important eating disorders - also occur in boys but much less often. *

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Teenagers with Eating Disorders. 1997
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/eating.htm

Nemours Foundation.
Binge Eating Disorders. 2002.
www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/problems/binge_eating.html

Nemours Foundation.
Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia. 2001.
www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/problems/eat_disorder.html

Society for Adolescent Medicine.
Eating Disorders in Adolescents: A Position Paper of the
Society for Adolescent Medicine. Journal of Adolescent Health:
2003; 33:496-503. www.adolescenthealth.org/PositionPaper
_Eating_Disorders_in_Adolescents.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute of Mental Health.
Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions. 2001.
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm


*Fact Box Reference

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Family Fact Sheets. Accessed on the web at www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/eating.htm