Mar 4, 2021
WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) The impact of eating disorders in the United States was close to $400 billion for fiscal year 2018 to 2019 when considering both economic costs and reduced well-being, according to a study published online March 3 in the
International Journal of Eating Disorders.
Jared Streatfeild, from Deloitte Access Economics in Canberra, Australia, and colleagues estimated costs of eating disorders using a bottom-up cost-of-illness methodology based on the estimated one-year prevalence of eating disorders. Using disability-adjusted life years, intangible costs of reduced well-being were also estimated.
The researchers estimated total economic costs associated with eating disorders to be $64.7 billion in fiscal year 2018 to 2019, which was equivalent to $11,808 per affected individual. Thirty-five percent of the total costs were accounted for by “otherwise specified feeding or eating disorder,” followed by 30, 18, and 17 percent for
Losing Control: Eating Disorders Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The social and economic cost of eating disorders in the United States
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Social Media, Kids Binge Eating Often Go Together
By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) Could endless hours spent scrolling through social media and watching TV trigger binge eating in preteens?
Apparently so, new research suggests. Children may be more prone to overeating while distracted in front of screens. They may also be exposed to more food advertisements on television, said study author Dr. Jason Nagata. He is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Binge-watching television may lead to binge-eating behaviors because of overconsumption and a loss of control, he said in a university news release.