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What are the statistics on the incidence of developing an eating disorder?
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Anorexic.: Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food. They have body image or self esteem conflicts. Bulimia is binging/purging.
Answered 12/10/2013
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A L A R M I N G ! : The statistics r alarming. Check here at website of anad- natl assn of anorexia nervosa & related disorders: http://bit.Ly/14wd5ib. One stat: about 24 million people in us suffer from an ed. One ed, anorexia nervosa = the most fatal mental disorder: about 10% w/anorexia die from suicide/starvation/metabolic failure/other. Those w/eds often resist/refuse treatmnt &/or often relapse.
Answered 5/12/2016
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