Daily Mail.Researchers asked nearly 1,200 participants in the study questions such as “Are you gay or bisexual?” and “Are you transgender?” Respondents could answer “yes,” “maybe,” “no,” or “I do not understand.”About 190 respondents, or 1.6% of the total, were classified as part of the “Sexual and Gender Minority” cohort.
About one-quarter of those respondents answered “yes” and three-quarters answered “maybe.”The study found no direct correlation between a person’s sexual minority status and eating disorders, although sexual minorities within the cohort were more likely to develop a binge-eating disorder.According to the study, five of the 190 sexual and gender minority children, or 2.6% of the total number, experienced a binge-eating.