Anorexia cases, hospitalizations rose in Canadian youth during COVID-19A study of 1,883 Canadian children and teens with newly diagnosed or atypical anorexia nervosa shows that rates of the disease rose 66%, and hospitalizations climbed 267%, per month during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.The study, published yesterday in JAMA Network Open, also showed that in the same period, illness onset was faster, and the disease was more severe by the time patients sought care than before the pandemic.Researchers at Montreal Children's Hospital analyzed eating disorder assessments conducted with patients 9 to 18 years old within 7 days of a new or atypical anorexia diagnosis at six pediatric hospitals in Canada from Mar 1 to Nov 30,