Neurobiology of Eating Disorders: Clinical Implications
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Eating disorder behaviors can range from dangerous caloric restriction to eating that feels out of control—often combined with unhealthy weight control behaviors, such as self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most prevalent eating disorders. Diagnostically, anorexia nervosa requires low body weight, intense fear of or behavior that interferes with weight gain, and disturbance in the perception of one’s weight or shape.
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