Nearly a quarter of adolescents seeking “gender-affirming care” report symptoms of anorexia.

Comorbidity   Eating disorders   Mental health   Teenagers  

In a cross-sectional study1 of 660 Australian adolescents described as “trans,” “non-binary” and “gender questioning,” 23.9% reported symptoms of anorexia. Prevalence of disordered eating was more common in female patients than in male, regardless of whether they identified as trans or non-binary.

  1. Kerr JA, Paine J, Thrower E, Hoq M, Mollica C, Sawyer SM, Azzopardi PS, Pang KC. Prevalence of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents Presenting for Gender-Affirming Care. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2024 Apr;74(4):850-853. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.396. Epub 2024 Jan 9. PMID: 38206224. ↩︎
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