Eating disorders found to be more common in teens from low socioeconomic backgrounds

Teenagers from households with little incomes and little levels of acquisition are much apt to person an eating disorder, a caller survey co-led by UCL researchers finds. The study, published successful the International Journal of Eating Disorders and conducted successful collaboration with researchers astatine Copenhagen University Hospital, reviewed information from 51 studies involving 26,174 adolescents from Western countries crossed North America, Europe and Australia.