The prevalence of bulimia nervosa in the US college student population.
A Drewnowski,
S A Hopkins and
R C Kessler
Department of Community Health Programs, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2029.
A phone survey to determine the prevalence of bulimia nervosawas conducted with a national probability sample of 1,007 maleand female students from a stratified sample of 53 universitiesand colleges in the continental United States. Using the revised(DSM IIIR) diagnostic criteria, 1 per cent of the women and0.2 per cent of the men were classified as bulimic. Bulimiawas most prevalent (2.2 per cent prevalence rate) among undergraduatewomen living in group housing on campus.
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