Abstract
Eating disorders in children and adolescents might be the only psychiatric condition with some positive connotations in the Westernized 'cult of thinness'. This chapter provides details about Haute-Marne study, Buskerud study, Navarra study and Ontario study conducted across France, Norway, Spain and Canada. Across reported epidemiological studies of eating disorders in child and adolescent samples the following picture emerges: incidence of anorexia nervosa (AN) seems to have levelled off since 1970. Prevalence and incidence are strongly dependent on source population, i.e. the figures are much higher in 'community' samples than in 'treated' samples. Variations in availability of services and in treatment seeking behaviour have a significant influence on reported figures in register studies. Incidence of bulimia nervosa (BN) is not yet stable. Incidence and prevalence of binge eating disorder (BED) in children and adolescents is not well elucidated.
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