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The prevalence of eating disorders in a U.K. college population: A reclassification of an earlier study
Author(s) -
Whitehouse Andrew M.,
Button Eric J.
Publication year - 1988
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 - 10.1002/1098-108x(198805)7:3<393::aid-eat2260070311>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - eating disorders , psychology , population , bulimia nervosa , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , demography , medicine , sociology
Abstract In 1981 we published a study of eating disorders in a college population using the Eating Attitudes Test entitled “Subclinical Anorexia Nervosa” (Button & Whitehouse, 1981). In view of recent developments in the classification of eating disorders, we have reexamined this data and reclassified high scoring subjects. Our findings, viewed in the context of other recent British studies, are not consistent with the apparent increase in prevalence of eating disorders in the U.S. Implications for the epidemiology and classification of eating disorders are discussed.