Eating disorder
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What is eating disorder?
Eating disorders are a group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in eating behavior, appetite or food intake.
Common symptoms reported by people with eating disorder
Common symptoms
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What people are taking for it
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Compulsive exercising
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
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Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for eating disorder
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Compare treatments taken by people with eating disorder
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have eating disorder through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with eating disorder? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has eating disorder on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 223 say eating disorder is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 95 | |
| 30s | 211 | |
| 40s | 240 | |
| 50s | 221 | |
| 60s | 232 | |
| 70+ | 600 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 136 | |
| 20-29 years | 74 | |
| 30-39 years | 85 | |
| 40-49 years | 68 | |
| 50-59 years | 47 | |
| 60-69 years | 42 | |
| 70+ years | 20 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 397 | |
| Female | 2460 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 1099 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 1880 |
These charts show data from eating disorder patients who have completed their condition history
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