Urbanisation and the incidence of eating disorders
| Autor: | Eric F. van Furth, Hans W. Hoek, A. I. M. Bartelds, Gabrielle E. van Son, Daphne van Hoeken |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male ANOREXIA-NERVOSA Psychosis medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Rural Health behavioral disciplines and activities Feeding and Eating Disorders 03 medical and health sciences BULIMIA-NERVOSA 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors mental disorders medicine Humans RATES 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Child Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Netherlands Bulimia nervosa Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Urbanization Urban Health Middle Aged medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Eating disorders Schizophrenia Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses) Female Rural area Psychology |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Psychiatry, 189, 562-563. Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0007-1250 |
| Popis: | SummaryThe link between degree of urbanisation and a number of mental disorders is well established. Schizophrenia, psychosis and depression are known to occur more frequently in urban areas. In our primary care-based study of eating disorders, the incidence of bulimia nervosa showed a dose–response relation with degree of urbanisation and was five times higher in cities than in rural areas. Remarkably, anorexia nervosa showed no association with urbanisation. We conclude that urban life is a potential environmental risk factor for bulimia nervosa but not for anorexia nervosa. These findings provide a promising avenue for further research into the aetiology of eating disorders. |
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