LAUSR

Eating disorders are conditions characterized by disturbances in eating behaviors that impair physical and psychosocial functioning and include, but are not limited to, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, and other specific feeding and jeating disorders, including atypical anorexia nervosa (Table).1 Lifetime prevalence estimates for eating disorders range from 0.5% to 3.5% in women and 0.1% to 2.0% in men,2 although these may be underestimations, particularly because the prevalence of eating disorders has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eating disorders have considerable shortand long-term consequences for mental and physical health. For the first time, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reviewed eating disorder screening in asymptomatic adolescents and adults and gave it an I statement for insufficient evidence,3 which was supported by an evidence report and systematic review.4 The USPSTF only reviewed evidence for adolescents and adults with no signs or symptoms of eating disorders and with a normal or high body mass index (BMI). It is important to note that the insufficient evidence statement is not a recommendation for or against screening, but rather that there is not enough evidence to make a recommendation either way.