(Finance) – On the occasion of the lilac bow day, dedicated to raising awareness of eating disorders, The National Council of GiovanI (CNG) launches an alarm on an increasingly serious emergency that affects the new generations.
“In the last three years, cases of eating disorders among young people are more than doubled and the average age of onset has drastically lowered, coming to hit girls and boys of just 8-9 years. Anorexia and Bulimia today represent the second cause of death among young people immediately after road accidents, “he said Maria Cristina Pisani, President of the National Council of Young people.
According to the latest detection conducted by the CNGwith the technical support of the Piepoli Institute, 25% of young people between 18 and 34 years of age, they say they have suffered from a eating disorder, a percentage much higher than the national average of 15%. The data becomes even more worrying in the 25-34 year band, where the phenomenon reaches 29%. Among the greatest difficulties encountered in the healing path, 35% of young people indicate the consequent insulation and loneliness. Almost a quarter of the interviewees (23%) reported the lack of psychological support, while 22% showed poor information and awareness of the problem. In addition, 16% indicated the fear of the social judgment as a further factor that made it even more difficult to ask for help.
“It is a real emergency that – Pisani underlines – requires immediate interventions: a structural enhancement of public support and prevention services, even in schools and universities, to reduce the incidence of these disorders and improve the quality of life of the new generations. Half of the Italian regions does not have a complete care system. The centers surveyed are very few and their distribution is extremely uneven, with ever longer waiting lists. “
“Behind each issue there is a face, a name, a story of silent suffering. Too many young people warn this isolation that amplifies their pain. We have a duty to build a public network of help and listening solid and accessible. None of them should be left alone or fight in silence and shadow “concludes the President of the National Council of Young people.