eating disorders you die. To remember at the V National Day of Fiocchetto Lille , dedicated to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders, is the ADI – Italian Association of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, which underlines a sad truth : these diseases are included in the list of major killers among psychiatric patients.
“the eating disorders are complex and insidious disease of the psychic sphere with serious repercussions on nutritional status, characterized by the obsession of body image, weight and food, “explains Massimo Vincenzi, director of the ADI Foundation and coordinator of the group on disorders of the Association’s eating behavior. In Italy suffer approximately 3,000,000 of young, mostly (95.9%) of female gender. According to data made available by the Ministry of Health every year there are 102 new cases of anorexia nervosa per 100 thousand inhabitants; newly diagnosed bulimia nervosa are 438. The international literature confirms the higher incidence of these problems among women in the general population, where the incidence of anorexia nervosa is between 1 , 4% and 2.8%, to be impressed by this pathology is a smaller 0.24% of the male population. In general, the incidence of anorexia arrives at 4% taking into account subthreshold cases, that of bulimia nervosa is equal to 5% and that of all other eating disorders reaches 6%.
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the ADI notes with concern the death rates in the population suffering from these problems. In one year the cases of anorexia nervosa fatal hovering between 5.86 and 6.2%, those of bulimia nervosa between 1.57 and 1.93% and deaths from other eating disorders among ’1.81 and 1.92%. The Association also shows, however, concerned about another phenomenon: if not recognized in time and not properly treated the eating disorders can become chronic , with serious consequences for both the sufferer and for the her family and society.
“Just because they are linked to the psychic sphere, one of the most worrying aspects of the disorder is related to the early detection of these diseases that require complex care and a multidisciplinary work – explains Vincenzi – about 60-70% of people with eating disorders, in fact, gets more often therapeutic responses non-specific and not effective. ” To meet those who suffer from these disorders, the Association provides a updated list of services devoted to their diagnosis and their cure. To consult it is sufficient connect to www.aditalia.net site.
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