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How is it that anorexics end up in hospital (re-feeding)?

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Dr. Anthony Vertino answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

Simple answer: They have lost too much weight, too fast and have reached a dangerous health crisis where the body feeds on itself in starvation mode. Decoding anorexia: how breakthroughs in science offer hope for eating disorders.

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Answered 5/14/2016

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