title: Prevalence of eating disorders among adolescent and young adult scholastic population in the region of Madrid (Spain).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) in a representative scholastic sample was evaluated, and the demographic factors associated with ED were assessed.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study used a two-stage epidemiological design. The study population was a randomly selected sample of 1545 students (12- to 21-year-old males and females) in the region of Madrid (Spain).
  
  
  RESULTS
  ED prevalence was 3.43%. Prevalence estimations were as follows: 5.34% for females: 2.72% for eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS), 2.29% for bulimia nervosa (BN), and 0.33% for anorexia nervosa (AN); and 0.64% for males: 0.48% for EDNOS, 0.16% for BN, and 0.00% for AN. Some demographic factors that were shown to be associated with ED included the following: sex, age, single child, single-parent families, and father or mother's death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the methodological improvements over previous epidemiological studies developed in Spain, there were no significant differences in the prevalence estimations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: María Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Peláez Fernández
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Labrador
authors.forename: Rosa María
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Raich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires