Demmler JC, Brophy ST, Marchant A, et al. - Researchers investigated the burden of eating disorders in the population in terms of incidence, comorbidities, and survival via using combined electronic health records from general practitioners and hospital admissions in Wales, the UK within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage databank. The analysis revealed a relatively low incidence of diagnosed eating disorders in the population but there is a major longer-term burden in morbidity and mortality to the individual. Eating disorders were diagnosed in a total of 15,558 people between 1990 and 2017. They identified higher levels of other mental disorders and external causes of morbidity and mortality among people with eating disorders. These people possessed higher prescription of central nervous system drugs, gastrointestinal drugs, and dietetic drugs before diagnosis. During 3 years after diagnosis, these excess diagnoses and prescriptions remained. Compared with controls, mortality was raised for some eating disorders, especially in females with anorexia nervosa.