Incidence and prevalence of eating disorders among active duty US military-dependent youth from 2016 to 2021
- Thompson, K. A., Bauman, V., Sunderland, K. W., Thornton, J. A., Schvey, N. A., Moyer, R., Sekyere, N. A., Funk, W., Pav, V., Brydum, R., Klein, D. A., Lavender, J. M., & Tanofsky-Kraff, M. (2023). Incidence and prevalence of eating disorders among active duty US military-dependent youth from 2016 to 2021. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(10), 1973-1982. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24025
- This study examined eating disorder incidence rates (i.e., number of new cases) and prevalence estimates (i.e., number of individuals with the disorder) among military-dependent youth from 2016–2021. Military healthcare records were used to identify youth with an eating disorder diagnosis and their parent/sponsor’s demographic characteristics. Overall, annual eating disorder diagnoses increased by 64.5% across the 6-year study period, and prevalence estimates rose from .03% to .09%.
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