Eating Disorders in Developing Countries
Journal Title: Online Journal of Neurology and Brain Disorders - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Eating disorders, once thought to be a set of rare diseases, found predominantly in females, are being increasingly seen in both males and females. They include binge eating disorder (BED), anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), pica, rumination disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, and a group of other specified feeding or eating disorders [1]. Eating disorders occur predominantly in females and the onset often follows puberty [2]. The number of people coming to psychiatrists with problems of anorexia and bulimia has shown a steady rise. It has been estimated that the lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are 0.9%, 1.5%, and 3.5% among women, and 0.3% 0.5%, and 2.0% among men in USA [3]. In Ontario prevalence rates of of BN was 1.1% in women and 0.1% in men [4]. The prevalence rates for AN and BN in Zurich was 0.7% and 0.5% respectively [5]. In South Australia the prevalence of BN and BED was 0.3% and 1% respectively [6]. Across six European countries the prevalence rates for AN, BN, and BED were 0.48%, 0.51%, and 1.12% respectively [7]. Eating disorders as a group are psychiatric disorders with the highest mortality rate, resulting in about 7,000 deaths a year in 2010 [8]. What was earlier thought as a disease pertaining to a few developed countries is now being increasingly seen in developing countries. Moreover, patients of all ages and sexes are coming with these problems.
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Suprakash Chaudhury, Swaleha Mujawar
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- DOI 10.32474/OJNBD.2019.02.000144
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