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by JumpCrisscross 900 days ago
> assumption is why eating disorders are on the rise

Curious to see research showing eating disorders are driven by misguided pursuits of health.

> Increasing amount of population eats significantly less then they need and are terrified of eating more

"The overall incidence rate of anorexia nervosa is considerably stable over the past decades," though it's increasing "among younger persons (aged <15 years)" [1]. ("For bulimia nervosa, there has been a decline in overall incidence rate over time.")

Meanwhile, obesity is increasing globally [2].

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8500372/

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859313/
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watwut 900 days ago
There is literal eating disorder for "obession with healthy eating so much you harm yourself" - Orthorexia Nervosa.

And yes, eating diaorders among young people are on the rise, both in boys and girls. When people complain about social media and mental health of young people, that is the primary concern.

Plus, you can have eating disorder and be fat, while your body lacking whole host of nutrition.

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JumpCrisscross 900 days ago
> Orthorexia Nervosa

"Orthorexia nervosa is not listed in the offical ICD-11 and DSM-V classifications of mental disorders" and "there is still no officially accepted definition of ON, or standardised criteria of its diagnosis" [1]. As such, it's difficult to characterise its prevalence.

You said "eating disorders are on the rise." That's not true outside a narrow cohort, and among them, there is no evidence it's driven by misguided pursuits of health. What we do have evidence of is increasing obesity.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8160773/

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