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Eating disorders in adolescence in a Swiss epidemiological study
Author(s) -
Steinhausen HansChristoph,
Winkler Christa,
Meier Matthias
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199709)22:2<147::aid-eat5>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , epidemiology , bulimia nervosa , eating disorders , psychology , psychiatry , prevalence , clinical psychology , medicine
Objective This is a study of prevalence rates for anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) in an epidemiological sample of Swiss adolescents. Method: A two‐stage approach was used which involved the screening of a large sample of adolescents aged 14–17 and subsequent interviews of screen‐positive and control subjects. Results: The prevalence rates for adolescent girls were 0.7% for AN and 0.5% for BN. Discussion: Full clinical syndromes of AN and BN in adolescents are by far less frequent than individual symptoms of eating disorders. There is more cross‐cultural variation for prevalence rates in BN than in AN. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 22: 147–151, 1997.