1/5 Yes, international data tells us that the prevalence eating disorders more than doubled from the period 2000-2018. https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/109/5/1402/5480601 https://twitter.com/adamfare1996/status/1343852899701547008
2/5 Australian figures highlighted by @Scott1Griffiths @DrStuartBMurray showed that the prevalence of extreme dieting & purging increased faster among the men than the women between 1998-2008 and…
3/5 The prevalence of strict dieting or fasting, purging & binging more than doubled among men between 1995-2005 https://medicinetoday.com.au/2015/may/regular-series/keeping-pace-growing-problem-male-eating-disorders See https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-14-943 from @DebMitchison & https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18253489/ 
Eating disorder behaviors are increasing: findings from two sequential community surveys in South...

In this population sample the point prevalence of eating disorder behaviors increased over the past decade. Cases of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, as currently defined, remain uncommon.

https://medicinetoday.com.au/2015/may/regular-series/keeping-pace-growing-problem-male-eating-disorders
4/5 According to @OurWorldInData @UniofOxford, figures from 2017 indicate that an estimated 16 million people worldwide have anorexia nervosa & bulimia nervosa, with eating disorders being most prevalent amongst those aged 15-34. https://ourworldindata.org/mental-health#eating-disorders
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We provide a global overview of the prevalence of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and schizophrenia.

https://ourworldindata.org/mental-health#eating-disorders
5/5 Information on ARFID, Binge Eating Disorder and OSFED was not available. Hopefully this will change in the future as we learn more about them. @OurWorldInData @UniofOxford @MaxCRoser
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