About 18% of teens in a Finnish study told researchers they have eating disorders. Those young people, most of whom were not overweight, were more likely to have psychological and health problems.

Lea Hautala from the Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic at the University of Turku surveyed 372 students, ages 15 to 17 years old. Among those with eating disorders, 70% had other health problems such as headaches; 47% suffered from anxiety; 31% were depressed; and 77% were unhappy with their appearances. Girls were twice as likely to have eating disorders as boys.

This study appears in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Labels: health_problems, psychology

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