Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Treatment Options for Eating Disorders

• By: | The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• February 28th, 2024
• anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, clinical trials, eating disorders, NIMH research
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There is a commonly held misconception that eating disorders are a lifestyle choice. Eating disorders are actually serious and often fatal illnesses that are associated with severe disturbances in people’s eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. Preoccupation with food, body weight,...