http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/purging-bulimia-on-the-rise-in-children_n_883512.htmlA recent study out of Taiwan reveals a startling statistic: From a pool of 16,000 respondents, 15 percent of 13 to 15-year-olds said they had tried vomiting to lose weight in the last year, and nearly 16 percent of 10 to 12-year-olds said they had.
The behavior, researchers wrote in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, was more pronounced in children who engaged in what are generally regarded to be unhealthy behaviors. For example, more than 20 percent of those who said they'd tried vomiting at some point also admitted to eating fried food on a daily basis. And another 18 percent said they sat at a computer for more than two hours a day.
"It showed that self-induced vomiting was most prevalent in adolescents who had a sedentary lifestyle, slept less and ate unhealthily," Dr. Yiing Mei Liou, the study's lead author, said in a statement.
The study has attracted some media attention, and many reports have raised the question of whether bulimia is on the rise in younger and younger kids.
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Science Daily...June 17 2011...more on Taiwan study..
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616081809.htmThirteen per cent of the 8,673 girls and 7,043 boys who took part in the research admitted they made themselves sick to lose weight. But the figures were much higher in younger children, with 16% of 10-12 year-olds and 15% of 13-15 year-olds vomiting. The figures fell to 8% in 16-18 year-olds.
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