Rates of Eating Disorders Surge Amid Pandemic

Rates of Eating Disorders Surge Amid Pandemic
The amount of eating disorders has surged during the pandemic, and waiting times for help have likewise increased. Dmytro Flisak/Shutterstock
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Doctors are seeing a surge in eating disorders across the country as people try to cope with the stress and anxiety induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jennifer Wildes, an associate psychiatry professor and director of outpatient eating disorders program at the University of Chicago Medicine, says she’s “absolutely seeing massive increases.”

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