#underdiagnosed

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Particularly among women and POC.

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I wish I could meet other people with indistinct parts who don't id as part of a system in real time. I have not seen any studies on the prevalence of osdd 1a versus 1b and certainly not on osdd where you have indistinct parts and no amnesia. I wonder exactly how common the osdd 1s are. I imagine that osdd where you have indistinct parts and no amnesia is more common than people would guess. I think it's just less likely to get diagnosed because people don't have amnesia and they may not identify their parts as parts. I know I probably have met other people with osdd and indistinct parts and no amnesia. They probably have never heard of osdd though so it's harder to identify that we have this shared experience.

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Eating disorders underdiagnosed, untreated in men, minorities

Eating disorders underdiagnosed, untreated in men, minorities

ANN ARBOR—When we think about eating disorders, what comes to mind most often are underweight white females. But this stereotype is causing a great number of males and people of color to miss out on getting proper health care, say researchers at the University of Michigan. In a survey of college-age students, Kendrin Sonneville and Sarah Lipson of the U-M School of Public Health found great…

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