The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project recently released comparative information about inpatient admissions for treatment of eating disorders for 1999-2000 and 2005-2006. During that six year span, admissions increased about 18 percent in the United States.

The Pittsburgh Mental Health Examiner provided the following details:

• Anorexia nervosa admissions were up 17 percent.
• Admissions for treatment of bulimia nervosa dropped 7 percent within the same time frame.
• The "other/unspecified" eating disorder diagnosis increased by 41 percent.

Perhaps the most shocking statistic was the increase in hospitalizations for kids under the age of 12, which was up a staggering 119 percent. The number of males hospitalized, across all age groups, jumped 37 percent.

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