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Editorial
. 2025 Jul 25:13:1662260.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1662260. eCollection 2025.

Editorial: Eating disorders as a challenge for public health: from health policies to evidence-based treatments

Octavian Vasiliu  1   2 , Paolo Meneguzzo  3 , Adela Magdalena Ciobanu  1   4 , Mara Carsote  5   6
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Editorial: Eating disorders as a challenge for public health: from health policies to evidence-based treatments

Octavian Vasiliu et al. Front Public Health. .
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Keywords: COVID-19; anorexia nervosa; binge eating disorder; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders; food neophobia; orthorexia nervosa; public health policies.

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Flowchart showing issues and developments related to eating disorders (EDs) based on GBD 2021. Key points include increasing prevalence, lack of public health policies, alarming DALYs, QALYs, and YLDs, vulnerable populations needing screening, moderate therapeutic interventions, stigma reducing treatment access, high comorbidity rates challenging healthcare, and COVID-19's impact. Optimism is noted in exploring innovative pathogenic models for EDs.
Figure 1
Eating disorders as a global health challenge. EDs, eating disorders; GBD, Global Burden Disease report; DALYs, disability-adjusted life-years; QALYs, quality-adjusted life years; YLDs, years lived with disability.
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