Eating disorders are commonly considered to affect primarily teenage girls and young women (who are in fact the most likely to seek treatment). However, experts report that other groups, such as men, minorities, and lower-income Caucasians, increasingly are developing eating disorders.
http://health.usnews.com/health-conditions/mental-health/eating-disorders/overview
Anorexia can affect all age groups. Dec 05, 2006 Viewed: 893. Marg Oaten’s daughter was a happy, healthy girl who loved table tennis and drama until at the age of 10 she developed anorexia. Twelve years on she is still fighting the illness, which almost killed her.
http://www.health.am/psy/more/anorexia-affect-all-age-groups/
Eating Disorders: Risk Varies By Age And Gender. Binge eating and purging can occur in boys and girls at a variety of ages, but the risk factors for these behaviors largely vary by age group and gender, according to an article released on June 02, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109595.php
Binge Eating and Other Unhealthy Habits Often Start in Childhood and Linger. From the WebMD Archives. June 24, 2011 -- Girls and boys who develop unhealthy eating or extreme dieting habits as adolescents are likely to carry those potentially dangerous weight control practices into adulthood.
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/news/20110624/unhealthy-eating-habits-start-early
At least 10 million Americans are estimated to suffer from potentially life-threatening eating disorders, a family of behaviors characterized by an unhealthy relationship with food, an unhealthy relationship with one's body, and unhealthy weight-regulation practices.
http://health.usnews.com/health-conditions/mental-health/eating-disorders/overview
Unhealthy Eating Habits Linger. In the study, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers looked at the prevalence and persistence of unhealthy and extreme weight control practices and binge eating in a group of 2,287 adolescents who were followed for about 10 years.
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/news/20110624/unhealthy-eating-habits-start-early
While many people equate eating disorders with extreme weight loss, that is not always the case. Arguably the most common eating disorder in the United States, binge eating disorder affects an estimated 2 million Americans.
http://health.usnews.com/health-conditions/mental-health/eating-disorders/overview
Anorexia can affect all age groups. Marg Oaten’s daughter was a happy, healthy girl who loved table tennis and drama until at the age of 10 she developed anorexia. Twelve years on she is still fighting the illness, which almost killed her. “I was absolutely distraught,” said Oaten, 54.
http://www.health.am/psy/more/anorexia-affect-all-age-groups/
In males, the opposite was true, with 2.1% binge eating and 0.8% purging. A very small proportion of boys and girls engaged in both behaviors. For girls under 14 years old, a mother with a history of an eating disorder was associated with a tripled risk to begin purging.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109595.php
Among girls, these unhealthy eating habits increased slightly among the youngest from 48% to 51% as they entered early adulthood and decreased slightly from 61% to 54% among the older group as they approached middle adulthood.
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/news/20110624/unhealthy-eating-habits-start-early
what age groups does binge eating affect
Binge eating affects in Childhood and Linger age group.