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March 11, 2021
Since the pandemic began, isolation, anxiety and hours upon hours of screen time have led to a surge in eating disorders among adolescents at the same time that health education has been cut back in classrooms.
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, calls to their hotline have increased 40% since March 2020. At UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, hospitalizations for eating disorders have doubled.
And a study released last week by researchers at UC San Francisco shows that the more time students spend on social media or watching TV, the more likely they are to engage in uncontrolled eating, or bingeing.
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Eating disorders on the rise during the pandemic
Children most affected by change in routines
Eating disorders on the rise during the pandemic
Posted at 4:49 AM, Mar 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-08 07:55:21-05
TAMPA, Fla. â Doctors are worried about a growing health crisis.
They are finding the number of people affected by an eating disorder is rising, brought on by stress and anxiety surrounding the pandemic, which just entered its thirteenth month.
Dr. Valerie McClain, a clinical psychiatrist, says eating orders are affecting both men and woman, but especially children. I think it s a way of dealing with stress from the unpredictability that the children have gone through, says Dr. McClain. Let s face it, their whole routine has changed.