An increasing number of Oz kids, as young as five, are being diagnosed with eating disorders, warns an expert.
An increasing number of Oz kids, as young as five, are being diagnosed with eating disorders, warns an expert.
Dr Sloane Madden claims that there has been a drastic increase in the number of kids admitted to hospitals in the past one-year, who were severely malnourished because of an Early Onset Eating Disorder (EOED).
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"Our own experience at the children's hospital, we have had a 50 per cent increase in demand for beds, and we haven't seen that increase in demand in hospitals looking after older adolescents with eating disorders,'' News.com.au quoted Dr Madden as saying.
"At the moment, we have eight children in the hospital where we normally take six and we've got another five waiting for beds.
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The study conducted by Dr Madden, which involved all Australian children with EOED from 2002 to 2005, showed a trend of late diagnosis, meaning children being hospitalised with more physical complications.
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"It makes us very concerned that these children are being misdiagnosed, or they are being diagnosed late and not being referred for appropriate care,'' said Madden.
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Even five year olds are in the throes of eating disorders
A survey conducted among pre-teens, under 13, has revealed that nearly hundreds of them are being diagnosed with anorexia and bulimia.
A survey conducted among pre-teens, under 13, has revealed that nearly hundreds of them are being diagnosed with anorexia and bulimia.
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