The prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

JI Hudson, E Hiripi, HG Pope Jr, RC Kessler - Biological psychiatry, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Little population-based data exist on the prevalence or correlates of eating
disorders. METHODS: Prevalence and correlates of eating disorders from the National
Comorbidity Replication, a nationally representative face-to-face household survey (n=
9282), conducted in 2001–2003, were assessed using the WHO Composite International
Diagnostic Interview. RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence estimates of DSM-IV anorexia nervosa,
bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are. 9%, 1.5%, and 3.5% among women, and …