Healio (12/10, Herpen) reported, “The initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic uncovered a rise in diagnoses of and hospitalizations for anorexia nervosa in both children and adolescents,” researchers concluded in a study that sought to “to determine the frequency and severity of diagnoses in a nationwide cross-section of nearly 1,900 children and adolescents before and during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The findings of the Canadian “cross-sectional study” were published online in Dec. 7 in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “First wave of COVID-19 in Canada magnified incidence of anorexia nervosa “Robert Herpen, Healio, December 10, 2021