Eating disorders among teen girls doubled during pandemic, CDC study shows

The Guardian ^ | Melody Schreiber

[BenLurkin]

Emergency room visits for eating disorders among 12- to 17-year-old girls doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – a troubling existing trend that was likely worsened by the stress of living through the prolonged crisis.

In 2020, kids actually made fewer visits to emergency departments than the year before – a decline of 21%, the CDC report found. In 2021, there was a decrease of 8% compared to 2019.

But the reason for those visits changed dramatically during the early months of the pandemic, with the proportion of emergency visits for mental health among kids rising by 24% in 5- to 11-year-olds and 31% in 12- to 17-year-old, as compared with the year before.

Among teen girls, aged 12 to 17, visits for eating disorders and tic disorders increased in both 2020 and 2021. There were also more visits for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder among teen girls in 2021.

There were also increases in visits related to behavioral health conditions among children five to 17, including self-harm, drug poisonings, socioeconomic and psychosocial concerns, and – among adolescents only – symptoms of mental health conditions and substance use.

[cdcdawg]

That’s her! Tess Holiday, anorexia survivor! Lol.

[EEGator]

I couldn’t help myself after that softball toss. :)

[ronniesgal]

how in the hell do these girls get bikini modeling contracts?

[Gay State Conservative]

Whenever I see “eating disorder” I think of New Age mumbojumbo. But an increase in depression...among kids *and* adults...I can believe that.

[EEGator]

It must be funded via Planned Parenthood.
After looking at that picture, I have no sexual desires currently.

[ronniesgal]

birth control poster girl?

[EEGator]

I can’t imagine a better “model”.

[ronniesgal]

she could be worse- she could be twins.

[EEGator]

I don’t like where this conversation is taking me mentally.
:)

[ronniesgal]

i apologize. That was mean. :)

[Trillian]

Cdc is helping push all this. They are guilty.

[T.B. Yoits]

Does anybody know how 12 to 17 yr old girls were doing with regard to eating disorders in, say,1952 or 1962?

Girls 12 to 17 years old weren't eating Frankenfood loaded with preservatives in 1952 or 1962. It's strange to look at old yearbook photos and see how thin but healthy everyone looked. It's like meeting actual Amish women today.