Many hospital beds are full. Waiting lists for outpatient treatment are bulging. And teens and adults seeking help for eating disorders are often finding it takes months to get an appointment.
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After months of pandemic anxiety, there are massive increases of eating disorders, says expert
“We are absolutely seeing massive increases,’’ said the director of an outpatient eating disorders program at the University of Chicago Medicine. By (KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock)
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A new analysis in the journal Epic Health Research Network found cases of eating disorders in the United States increased by 30 percent after March 2020.
The spike is the result of high levels of isolation and anxiety stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
In the United States, 9 percent of the population will struggle with an eating disorder at some point in their life.
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