Food for thought: bringing eating disorders out of the shadows

Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;216(2):67-68. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.179.

Abstract

Eating disorders are prevalent, potentially lethal, and treatable, yet remain underprioritised within clinical care, research and policy. Further, with rising public health focus on obesity, there is heightened risk for inadvertent exacerbation of disordered eating and further marginalisation of these serious mental disorders. This editorial calls for corrective action.

Keywords: Eating disorders; anorexia nervosa; binge eating disorder; bulimia nervosa; obesity.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anorexia Nervosa / epidemiology
  • Binge-Eating Disorder / epidemiology
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders* / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Obesity / prevention & control
  • Prevalence
  • Young Adult