Eating disorder behaviors are increasing : findings from two sequential community surveys in South Australia

Background. Evidence for an increase in the prevalence of eating disorders is inconsistent. Our aim was to determine change in the population point prevalence of eating disorder behaviors over a 10-year period. Methodology/Principal Findings. Eating disorder behaviors were assessed in consecutive general populatiom surveys of men and women conducted in 1995 (n=3001, 72% respondents) and 2005 (n=3047, 63.1% respondents), Participants were randomly sampled from households in rural and metropolitan South Australia. There was a significant (all p