Provost J A
Health and Counseling Services, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.
Psychiatr Med. 1989;7(3):47-58.
Certainly eating disorders are a major threat to the physical and mental health of female college students today. Many students arrive at college with undiagnosed and untreated eating disorders, despite existing poor dental condition, amenorrhea, and a history of severe weight fluctuation. Bulimia and bulimarexia are more problematic in the 18-22 age group than is anorexia, with its earlier onset. The college years, especially for traditional age students, present pressures to complete certain developmental tasks. Some students arrive ill-equipped to complete these tasks and with family pathology as a backdrop. Eating disorders are one of the prevailing ways these young people try to cope; these disorders may be exacerbated by the college experience.
当然，饮食失调是当今女大学生身心健康的一大威胁。许多学生进入大学时患有未被诊断和治疗的饮食失调症，尽管存在牙齿状况不佳、闭经以及体重严重波动的病史。在18至22岁年龄段，暴食症和贪食症比发病较早的厌食症问题更大。大学时期，尤其是对于适龄学生来说，面临着完成某些发展任务的压力。一些学生在准备不足且以家庭病态为背景的情况下进入大学。饮食失调是这些年轻人试图应对的普遍方式之一；大学经历可能会加剧这些失调症状。
