Prevalence of binge-eating and bulimia among adolescent women in Japan.
This study examined by questionnaire the prevalence of binge-eating and bulimia among 220 women at a school of nursing and 236 women at a junior college, all from 18 to 21 years old, in two different areas of Japan. Binge-eating more than once a week was found in 14 (6.5%) of the nursing school students and 21 (9.1%) of the college women. Self-induced vomiting and use of purgatives were found in 19 (8.7%) and 12 (5.5%) of the nursing school students, and 19 (8.1%) and 9 (3.8%) of the college women, respectively. The difference between these two groups was not significant. The prevalence of binge-eating more than once a week, together with self-induced vomiting or purgative use, was 3.6% in the nursing school students, 2.1% in the college women, and 2.9% in the total sample. These women appeared to meet both DSM-III criteria for bulimia and Russell's criteria for bulimia nervosa.
Kiriike
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
Nagata
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Tanaka
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Nishiwaki
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Takeuchi
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Kawakita
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Y
D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D007564:Japan; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States