We examined eating disorders in midlife and beyond by comparing frequency of anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) among midlife eating disorder treatment-seeking individuals and younger controls. We also compared demographic and eating disorder-related characteristics across diagnoses and age groups. Participants included 2,118 treatment-seeking adults who self-reported their eating-related symptoms on the Eating Disorder Questionnaire. Results showed that percent of patients with BN was significantly lower whereas percent of patients with BED and OSFED was significantly higher among midlife relative to younger patients. Percent of patients with AN did not differ between midlife and younger patients. Additionally, midlife and younger patients with BED and OSFED differed on several demographic (e.g., marital status) and eating disorder-related characteristics (e.g., BMI, compulsive exercising). This study suggests that BN is less common whereas BED and OSFED are more common among midlife eating disorder treatment-seeking individuals relative to younger controls. In addition, AN and BN present fairly similarly whereas BED and OSFED present fairly differently among midlife patients relative to younger controls. Attention to these differences and similarities is necessary to understand eating disorders in midlife.

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中年及以后的神经性厌食症，神经性贪食症和暴食症。

我们通过比较中年饮食失调寻求治疗的个体和个体之间的神经性厌食症（AN），神经性贪食症（BN），暴食症（BED）以及其他特定的进食或进食失调（OSFED）的频率来检查中年及以后的饮食失调。年轻的控件。我们还比较了不同诊断和年龄组的人口统计学和饮食失调相关特征。参与者包括2,118名寻求治疗的成年人，他们在饮食失调问卷上自我报告了与饮食有关的症状。结果表明，相对于年轻患者，中年人中BN患者的百分比显着较低，而BED和OSFED的患者百分比显着较高。中年和年轻患者之间AN患者的百分比没有差异。此外，BED和OSFED的中年和年轻患者在一些人口统计学（例如婚姻状况）和饮食失调相关特征（例如BMI，强迫运动）方面有所不同。这项研究表明，相对于年轻的对照组，BN和OSFED在中年饮食失调患者中更为普遍。此外，相对于年轻对照组，中年患者中AN和BN的表现相当相似，而BED和OSFED的表现却相当不同。要了解中年人的饮食失调，必须注意这些差异和相似之处。这项研究表明，相对于年轻的对照组，BN和OSFED在中年饮食失调患者中更为普遍。此外，相对于年轻对照组，中年患者中AN和BN的表现相当相似，而BED和OSFED的表现却相当不同。要了解中年人的饮食失调，必须注意这些差异和相似之处。这项研究表明，相对于年轻的对照组，BN和OSFED在中年饮食失调患者中更为普遍。此外，相对于年轻对照组，中年患者中AN和BN的表现相当相似，而BED和OSFED的表现却相当不同。要了解中年人的饮食失调，必须注意这些差异和相似之处。