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Introduction to Epidemiology

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There is consensus that eating disorder prevalence and impact are on the rise and are present in people of diverse cultural backgrounds. This introduction briefly covers current developments related to the global prevalence and incidence, the burden of mortality, and eating disorder prevalence differences between the ICD-11 and DSM-5 ED criteria. The section on epidemiology discusses a broad sweep of eating disorders across the globe, including “Western” countries, Eastern Europe, East and South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as well as within special populations (Indigenous peoples). The section also covers eating disorders in the context of a recent global pandemic. The directions for future research on the epidemiology of eating disorders are also suggested.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) within the framework of the Bekker Program (no BPN/BEK/2021/1/00004/DEC/1) awarded to Professor Anna Brytek-Matera, visiting professor at Western Sydney University.

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  1. Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Anna Brytek-Matera & Phillipa Hay

  2. Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

    Anna Brytek-Matera

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  1. University College London, London, UK

    Paul Robinson

  2. School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Tracey Wade

  3. Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik, Uniklinik der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann

  4. Department of Psychiatry-IDIBELL, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Fernando Fernandez-Aranda

  5. Dept of Psychological Med IoPPN, Kings College London, London, UK

    Janet Treasure

  6. School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Fargo, USA

    Steve Wonderlich

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  1. Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

    Anna Brytek-Matera

  2. Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia School of Medicine, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Penrith South, NSW, Australia

    Phillipa Hay

  3. Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals, SWSLHD, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

    Phillipa Hay

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Brytek-Matera, A., Hay, P. (2024). Introduction to Epidemiology. In: Robinson, P., Wade, T., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Fernandez-Aranda, F., Treasure, J., Wonderlich, S. (eds) Eating Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97416-9_94-1

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