The number of people who were hospitalized for eating disorders in the U.S. doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.
The researchers attributed the increased rates of hospitalization to several factors, including the conditions of the pandemic that may have promoted eating disorder behaviors, such as grocery shopping being a more"fraught" experience and the fact that schools and colleges were closed, which may have led to covert eating disorder symptoms being caught by families in close quarters.
Throughout the pandemic, the National Eating Disorder Association said it has seen a spike of more than 70% in the number of calls and online chat inquiries to its hotline compared to the same time period in 2019.told"Good Morning America" last year The Emily Program, a national network of eating disorder treatment centers, has seen inquiries both online and by phone"fly off the charts" during the pandemic, Dr. Jillian Lampert, the Emily Program's chief strategy officer, also told"GMA."The nature of the pandemic, with its uncertainty and isolation, makes it a situation that"checks every box" for putting people at a higher risk for eating disorders, according to Lampert.
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