The Incidence of Anorexia Nervosa on Curaçao

• DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.748
• Publication Date: 2005-03-30T20:17:53Z
• Authors: Hans W. Hoek; Peter N. van Harten; Karin M.E. Hermans; Melanie A. Katzman; Glenn E. Matroos; Ezra S. Susser
• Keywords: Anorexia nervosa

Although anorexia nervosa was once thought to occur only in affluent societies, cases have now been documented across the globe. To examine whether emerges societies undergoing socioeconomic transition, authors studied incidence of on Caribbean island Curaçao.