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April 16, 2009
More Americans hospitalized for eating disorders, data indicate
On its website, KSPR-TV Springfield, MO (4/2), an ABC affiliate, reported, "More Americans are being hospitalized for eating disorders, according to a new report from government health officials" employed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
In fact, there was an 18 percent increase between 1999 and 2006. Although the "biggest spike occurred among young children...nearly every age group showed an increase."
Intriguingly, the "best-known eating disorders -- anorexia and bulimia" -- were somewhat overshadowed by "big increases in unusual eating disorders" like "pica -- a condition in which people eat non-edible materials, such as clay or plaster -- and rumination disorders, in which patients deliberately bring up food to chew again or spit out."
Posted by admin at April 16, 2009 03:25 PM