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Table 1 Eating disorder diagnoses of characters

From: Discrepancies between media portrayals and actual demographics of eating disorders in TV and film: implications of representation

 

Anorexia nervosa

Bulimia nervosa

Binge-eating disorder

Orthorexia

Unspecified

Number

32

26

7

1

9

Percent

48.48%

39.39%

10.61%

1.52%

13.64%

  1. The total numbers by eating disorder exceed the total number of characters because some characters had more than one type of eating disorder