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"Adults might not display the 'classic' symptoms we associate with these disorders, such as extreme weight loss," explains Dr. Judith Zackson, the founder and clinical director ofGreenwich Psychology. The National Eating Disorders Foundation notes thatfewer than 6% of people with ea...
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Eating Disorders (EDs) affect millions of people, men and women of all ages and ethnicity, causing a damage that can manifest several years after the acute phase of the disorder. It has been estimated that every 62 min at least one person dies because of the consequences of an ED, and ...
Abstract While prevalence rates for eating disorders in sexual minority men and boys (e.g., gay, bisexual) are difficult to estimate, research suggests that they are more likely to exhibit eating disorders and eating pathology as compared to heterosexual men and boys. Current models of eating pa...
European Eating Disorders ReviewRo, O., Martinsen, E. W., Hoffart, A., Sexton, H., & Rosenvinge, J. H. (2005). Adults with chronic eating disorders. Two-year follow-up after inpatient treatment. European Eating Disorders Review, 13, 255-263. doi: 10.1002/erv.651...
Eating disorders occur more frequently in affluent cultures than in non-affluent ones, but they are not exclusive to the well-off. A disproportionate number of those diagnosed are young women in their teens and 20s, but anyone—including young men and older adults of any gender—can develop an...
It's been thought this approach could prove problematic when treating adults with the same condition. However, this may not be the case. Researchers from Curtin's School of Population Health investigated 97 voluntary hospital inpatients (55 adults and 42 adolescents) with eating disorders, the majo...
Like their younger counterparts, older women can experience the primary eating disorders—anorexia nervosa, the extreme restriction of food; bulimia nervosa, gorging and then purging through self-induced vomiting or laxatives; and binge-eating disorder, consuming huge quantities of food in a short time...