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The aim of this study was to explore whether there was a population\u2010level association between increases in both disorders and to discuss possible underlying causes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were retrieved from the largest health insurance institution in Germany comprising approximately 3.5 million children between 0 and 14\u2009years for the years 2019\u20132023. All female cases with a diagnosis of AN\/atypical AN and those with CPP\/EOP according to ICD\u201010 were included. To investigate possible specificity of associations, we also examined associations with depressive disorders (DD) and anxiety disorders (AD).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Decreasing and increasing numbers of cases with EOP, CPP, and childhood AN\/atypical AN showed a similar pattern during the COVID\u201019 pandemic. The number of diagnosed cases of AN\/atypical AN combined with either CPP (Spearman's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.45;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02), EOP (Spearman's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.60;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003), or combined CPP\/EOP (Spearman's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.53;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.008) in this time span was highly and significantly correlated. Associations with CPP\/EOP were generally stronger for AN\/atypical AN than for DD (Spearman's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.45;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02) or AD (Spearman's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c1<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.29;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.11).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The highly increasing prevalence of childhood AN, EOP, and CCP may reflect pandemic\u2010associated stress and lifestyle changes and\/or their effects on reproductive functioning. Pre\u2010 and peripubertal girls seem to be especially vulnerable to these environmental stressors and might react with important physical and mental impairments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.24556","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,27]],"date-time":"2025-09-27T10:20:41Z","timestamp":1758968441000},"page":"81-89","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Parallel Increase in Childhood Anorexia Nervosa and Early Puberty During the\n                    <scp>COVID<\/scp>\n                    \u201019 Pandemic"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8450-3323","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beate","family":"Herpertz\u2010Dahlmann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy RWTH University  Aachen 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