The Bite: We're ignoring adult eating disorders

Between 2000 and 2018, prevalence of eating disorders more than doubled [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdDdtcWZpbGJrNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0VwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~) Earlier this month, Salon senior writer Mary Elizabeth Williams met an old friend for lunch. As she writes, the years had seemed to have no effect on her; she was the same chic, athletic woman she’d been back when they lived a few blocks apart. “But when I ordered my meal, she said she wasn’t hungry and ordered a black tea,” Williams writes. “And then she told me she'd recently been diagnosed with anorexia.” For decades, the cultural portrait of who predominantly struggles with eating disorders has been waifish, white teenage girls — but according to [The Center for Women's Health at Oregon Health & Science University](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZXZuOGlobmE1bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0VwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~), “eating disorders are now on the rise worldwide. Between 2000 and 2018, prevalence more than doubled (3.4% to 7.8% of all people)." And when they show up in older people, the causes can be different, the symptoms can be harder to detect and the stigma around grappling with disorders often flippantly associated with privileged young girls can make them more challenging to treat.[Read more.Â](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RmaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZWtsMGJ2ZWlrdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0JmxoX2VtPXRyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1JTQwZ21haWwuY29tVwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~) ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveWsxeGY4aGk1cy8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0VwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNnNmam90amZvYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0VwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNXRjbGJkMW0yay8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0VwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbDBsYmV5aTdmdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0VwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~ [Subscribe to Salon today](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnmRs5P0RmaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZWE4NWtpcmI4bC8_bGhfYWlkPTM0NTA5JmxoX2NpZD1vOTQxYjJ2NTl0JmxoX2VtPXRyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1JTQwZ21haWwuY29tVwNzcGNCCmWxPJa2ZTa6-EVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~) and unlock more benefits! 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