Authors
Sonja A Swanson, Scott J Crow, Daniel Le Grange, Joel Swendsen, Kathleen R Merikangas
Publication date
2011/7/4
Journal
Archives of general psychiatry
Volume
68
Issue
7
Pages
714-723
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Context
Eating disorders are severe conditions, but little is known about the prevalence or correlates of these disorders from population-based surveys of adolescents.
Objectives
To examine the prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in a large, reprefentative sample of US adolescents.
Design
Cross-sectional survey of adolescents with face-to-face interviews using a modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
Setting
Combined household and school adolescent samples.
Participants
Nationally representative sample of 10 123 adolescents aged 13 to 18 years.
Main Outcome Measures
Prevalence and correlates of eating disorders and subthreshold conditions.
Results
Lifetime prevalence estimates of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder were 0.3%, 0.9%, and 1.6%, respectively. Important differences were observed between eating disorder subtypes concerning …
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