Hsu L K
Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1996 Dec;19(4):681-700. doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70375-0.
Recent studies on the epidemiology of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and eating disorders in special populations and in other cultures are reviewed. In addition, studies on the epidemiology of dieting behavior and longitudinal studies of the outcome of dieting behavior are reviewed. It is concluded that anorexia and bulimia nervosa are uncommon disorders but probably have increased in incidence in recent years. However, they are one of the most common psychiatric disorders to affect young women in the west. Dieting behavior is a major risk factor in the pathogenesis of the eating disorders. The prevalence of the eating disorders in a given community is, therefore, correlated with the prevalence of dieting behavior in the community.
本文综述了近期关于神经性厌食症、神经性贪食症、暴饮暴食症以及特殊人群和其他文化背景下饮食失调症的流行病学研究。此外，还综述了节食行为的流行病学研究以及节食行为结果的纵向研究。研究得出结论，神经性厌食症和神经性贪食症虽属罕见疾病，但近年来发病率可能有所上升。然而，它们是西方影响年轻女性的最常见精神疾病之一。节食行为是饮食失调症发病机制中的一个主要危险因素。因此，特定社区中饮食失调症的患病率与该社区节食行为的患病率相关。
