Teenage girls had increased risk of developing eating disorders during pandemic: CDC
Stock Image/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a rise in eating and tic disorders among teenage girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Echoing prior research, the proportion of emergency department visits with eating disorders doubled among adolescent girls; those for tic disorders approximately tripled during the pandemic. Tic disorders are characterized by repeated twitches, movements or sounds that people do involuntarily. "The results of the report are unsurprising," said Dr. Neha Chaudhary, child psychiatrist at Harvard Medi...
Source: mycentraloregon.com
