Eating disorders that can affect teens include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

Eating disorders among teens have more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic What could account for such a steep increase in such a pervasive, insidious issue? By Sydney Hartman-Munick.

Teen eating disorders have never been this rampant — or this severe. Hospitalizations for eating disorders spiked during the pandemic, doubling among adolescent girls, according to the Centers ...

The number of teens with eating disorders at least doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, research shows. Eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia, are among the most deadly mental health ...

Binge eating disorder most often appears in teens and young adults. Both boys and girls can have it. It’s one of the most common eating disorders.About 4 million people in the United States have ...

The Surge in Teen Eating Disorders: Why Now? Eating disorders have been around for a very long time, but they have skyrocketed in recent years. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Eating disorders have been relatively common in high schools for decades, but the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the conditions that sometimes lead to unhealthy eating, Nagata said. In addition to ...

Eating disorders occur most often in young adolescents and teens; however, young children can develop eating disorders as well. Healthcare professionals are seeing a disturbing trend of children ...

Eating disorders more common in boys than once thought 01:09. Eating disorders affect about 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States at some point in their lifetimes, according to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Anorexia, orthorexia, bulimia, diabulimia, arfid and binge eating - all categories of types of eating disorders prevalent in our youth. Providing treatment to those who have ...

Many hospital beds are full. Waiting lists for outpatient treatment are bulging. And teens and adults seeking help for eating disorders are often finding it takes months to get an appointment.The ...

Eating disorders have been relatively common in high schools for decades, but the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the conditions that sometimes lead to unhealthy eating, Nagata said.