ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023
Eating disorder symptoms among children and adolescents in Germany before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Retrospective Study at a Single Center for Child Neurology and Psychiatry.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adolescent Eating Disorder Risk in a Bilingual Region: Clinical Prevalence, Screening Challenges and Treatment Gap in South Tyrol, Italy.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Eating disorder debut cases during COVID-19 lockdown in adults. Exploring differences in treatment outcome contrasting with pre-pandemic onset cases.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic's influence on eating disorders: insights from an Italian residential center.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Gender differences in eating disorders.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- [Impact of Non-Pharmacological Measures during COVID-19 Pandemic in Adolescents - A Cross-sectional Study of 649 10th Grade Pupils in the City of Witten, Germany (GeWIT-Study)].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2024Article
- Eating Disorders in Men.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Disordered eating is highly prevalent among children and adolescents. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalizations due to eating disorders have peaked and overweight has risen. The aim of this study was to determine differences in the prevalence of eating disorder symptoms among children and adolescents in Germany before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify associated factors. Materials and methods: Eating disorder symptoms and associated factors were examined in a sample of Results: Eating disorder symptoms were reported by 17.18% of females and 15.08% of males in the COPSY study. Prevalence rates were lower overall in the COPSY sample compared to before the pandemic. Male gender, anxiety, and depressive symptoms were associated with increased odds for eating disorder symptoms in the pandemic. Conclusion: The pandemic underscores the importance of further research, but also prevention and intervention programs that address disordered eating in children and adolescents, with a focus on age - and gender-specific differences and developments. In addition, screening instruments for eating disorder symptoms in youths need to be adapted and validated.
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