(HealthDay)—Emergency rooms across the country have seen a surge in the number of teenage girls dealing with eating and other disorders, including anxiety, depression and stress, during the pandemic, a new government report ...
Feb 21, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic both raised public awareness about and contributed to the problem of household food insecurity. In 2020, 15% of U.S. households with children were classified as food insecure. However, less is known ...
Feb 17, 2022
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It is estimated that around 1.25 million people in the UK alone suffer from an eating disorder, with onset most commonly occurring in adolescence or young adulthood. Throughout the last few decades, eating disorders have ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Alaina Stanisci has grappled with an eating disorder since she was 10, and the disruptions of the pandemic only made things worse for the high school senior.
Jan 24, 2022
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Shortly after the pandemic began, Kelly Allison started hearing more and more professional chatter about a worrying increase in hospitalizations for eating disorders. "It was a big topic of conversation," says Allison, who ...
Dec 20, 2021
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(HealthDay)—A new study confirms yet another consequence of the pandemic for children and teenagers: Eating disorders, and hospitalizations for them, rose sharply in 2020.
Dec 13, 2021
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Eating disorders are the third most common chronic condition in adolescence, behind only asthma and obesity. They affect four percent of the population, 90 percent of whom are female, mostly teenagers and young adults.
Dec 2, 2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic underpins a rise in mental health problems globally, experts are raising a red flag on 'starkly lower' government funding for research and delivery of effective eating disorder interventions, particularly ...
Nov 1, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence for screening adults and adolescents for eating disorders is currently inadequate for assessing the benefits and harms. These findings ...
Oct 19, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, go to school or work, and socialize. It has also increased mental health concerns, with a rise in levels of distress, anxiety and depression.
Oct 14, 2021
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