Experts say eating disorders have a strong link to trauma — and they're thriving during the pandemic. That poses a lethal threat, as they have the second-highest mortality rate of any psychiatric diagnosis.
in July found 62% of people in the U.S. with anorexia experienced a worsening of symptoms as the pandemic hit. And nearly a third of Americans with binge-eating disorder, which is"Many people in our study ... were talking about concerns that their eating disorder would get worse because of a lack of structure, a lack of social support, living in a triggering environment.
Often eating disorders are misunderstood as a white woman's disease. That's meant early signs are often missed among men or boys and particularly among people of color. The gap in access to care also cuts along race:"We know, unfortunately that people of color are only receiving treatment at about half the rate of their white counterparts," Peat says.
"For me, part of the reason I kept myself in hiding about this was that I didn't feel like I was connected to the people I was seeing," she says,"because they didn't look like me." Even for those further along in their recovery, pandemic life has made it difficult to retain balance.
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