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Eating Disorders Among Teens Increased During the Pandemic

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Experts who treat adolescents and young adults for various eating disorders noticed a large increase in the number of patients coming into their facilities as the pandemic and associated lockdowns dragged on.

Dr. Tracy Richmond, the director of the eating disorder program at Boston Children's Hospital said the number of patients they were treating tripled! Dr. Richmond says preliminary data she has collected from 14 eating-disorder treatment centers nationwide indicate hospitalizations at least doubled during the pandemic.


She explained that many teens tried to become healthier during the pandemic, often guided by TikTok videos and other social-media posts from fitness influencers. “Kids who relied on things like sports and theater to give them a place lost all that.”