Related Experiment Videos
Eating disorder and socioeconomic class. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia in nine communities
H G Pope1, R F Champoux, J I Hudson
1Epidemiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
To compare the prevalence of eating disorders in lower income vs. upper income communities, we administered a previously validated questionnaire to 394 women at nine state-regulated bingo tournaments. Surprisingly, eating disorders were more commonly reported by lower income respondents.