Updates in the Epidemiology of Eating Disorders in Asia and the Pacific  

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Thomas, Jennifer J. ; Sing Lee ; Becker, Anne E.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Current Opinion in Psychiatry vol. 29 no. 06 (Nov. 2016), page 354-362.
Topik: Eating Disorder; Pacific Islander; Asia; China
Fulltext: C16 v29 n6 p354 kelik2017.pdf (591.07KB)

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Purpose of review: This review summarizes and contextualizes the recent epidemiologic data on eating disorders in the Asia and Pacific regions. Recent findings: Gaps in epidemiologic data on eating disorders from the Asia and Pacific regions stem, in part, from omission of eating disorder-specific assessments in large nationally representative cohort studies of mental disorders. Available data – often from clinical and school-going cohorts – support that the prevalence of both eating disorders and associated attitudes and behaviors in many Asian and Pacific regions studied may be comparable to those reported in Europe and North America. Moreover, the prevalence of eating disorders in some regions of Asia may be increasing. Some of the national and subnational regions with the highest annual percent increases in disability-adjusted life years per 100?000 caused by eating disorders over the past two decades are located in Asia. Summary: Notwithstanding sparse epidemiologic data concerning eating disorders in Asia and the Pacific, available evidence supports comparable prevalence to other global regions and that associated health burdens in some regions of Asia may be rising. This further supports that eating disorders are trans-national in distribution and challenges the previous understanding that they were primarily culture-bound to the Global North.

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