National Eating Disorders Association Comments on 'Disturbing Statistics' in Newly Released Government Study of Teens & Eating Disorders in the U.S.
A newly released U.S. government study on teens and eating disorders (EDs) shines a much-needed light on the urgent necessity for early education and intervention says the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). Released March 7 in the Archives of General Psychiatry - a monthly professional medical journal published by the American Medical Association - the study shows that more than half a million U.S. teens have had an eating disorder but the majority have not sought treatment for the problem. Commented Lynn Grefe, president and CEO of NEDA, "The National ...
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