Survey To Examine Eating Disorder Trends among Young People in Canada
A nationwide survey in Canada will attempt to paint a clearer picture of eating disorders among young people. It will be the first-ever attempt to measure rates of bulimia in children ages five to eighteen:
The study is driven by a recent trend noticed by doctors who see eating disorders appear at earlier ages among children.Dr. Leora Pinhas, psychiatric director of the eating disorders program at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, told Canada.com that he hopes the study will help doctors better understand how widespread the issue of bulimia is, and which children are most susceptible.
Researchers at [a] Toronto [hospital] were recently surprised to find binging and purging in children much younger than 12, an age previously believed to be about the lowest threshold for such behaviors. (Source: Canada.com)
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