Agreed - if intentional, it very well could be. Though the distinction is complicated enough that an honest mistake is certainly possible.

Statistical pedant here: the statistic cited in the first paragraph ought to read like this: "Anorexia nervosa has a higher mortality rate than any other cause of death for females between the ages of 15 and 24 WHO SUFFER FROM THE CONDITION." (caps for emphasis, not emotion). The current wording makes it sound like…