Review of the worldwide epidemiology of eating disorders

aDepartment of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen bParnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands cDepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA Correspondence to Prof Hans W. Hoek, MD, PhD, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Kiwistraat 43, NL-2552 DH, The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 88 357 0334; e-mail: email protected