A client with an eating disorder is in the demographic group that represents those at highest risk for developing an eating disorder. The client is a/an:
1. Male.
2. Older adult.
3. Child.
4. Female.
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Rationale: Clinical eating disorders are more commonly seen among females, with estimates of a male–female ratio ranging from 1:6 to 1:10. However, screening and prevention programs should be aimed at adolescents and youth of all sexual orientations, ethnicities, and cultural groups as the Western shift toward glamorizing thinness is now being seen cross-culturally and is rising in young males, but is still outnumbered by 1:6–1:10 for males to females.
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