Elevated proportion of children, adolescents around the world experience disordered eating

Medscape (5/19, Barros, Subscription Publication) reports, “A multicenter study indicates that an elevated proportion of children and adolescents around the world, particularly girls or those with high body mass index (BMI), experience disordered eating.” Investigators came to these conclusions after analyzing data from “32 studies, which involved a total of 63,181 participants from 16 countries.” The findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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