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How can anorexia nervosa be any different from someone having gastric by-pass surgery?
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Control/degree: Anorexia is self destructive control of food intake to the point of poor health or starvation. Bariatric surgical procedure are also a form of control of food intake. They are restrictive; decrease the size of the stomach. The goal is normal weight and better health.
Answered 5/12/2016
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