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Eating Disorders

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There are multiple types of eating disorders with various health risks. Individuals with an eating disorder often have other mental health conditions as well.1 Some of these may include anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The medications used for these conditions may also be helpful in the treatment of eating disorders.

References

  1. National Eating Disorder Association. 2021.  nami.org [Internet]. National Alliance on Mental Illness; c2017 [cited 2019 Sept 11]. Available from https://www.nami.org.
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  4. American Dietetic Association. Position of American Dietetic Association: Nutrition intervention in the treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders. 2006;106(12):2073-82.
  5. Lutter M. Emerging Treatments in Eating Disorders. Neurotherapeutics. 2017;14(3):614-622. DOI: 10.1007/s13311-017-0535-x. PubMed PMID: 28547702.