People who experienced an eating disorder in 2023, worldwide
18 million
people, worldwide
“In 2023, 18 million people experienced eating disorders, including 4.7 million children and adolescents”
WHO fact sheet, Mental disorders (11 September 2026), eating disorders section, 2026-09-11
- Kind of source
- Registry or statistics office
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- From GBD 2023, which counts anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa (the GBD 2023 eating disorders paper in JAMA Psychiatry 2026 gives 18.1 million). Binge eating disorder is not in the count.
- About
- Eating disorders
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.