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    Glossary Eating Disorders

    serious mental health conditions involving abnormal eating behaviors

    Eating Disorders (EDs) are serious mental health conditions characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits, which can include extreme restriction of food intake, excessive eating, or unhealthy behaviors like purging. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, and they can lead to severe physical and psychological complications, requiring comprehensive treatment involving medical, nutritional, and psychological support.

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      research Eating disorders

      May 2016 in “Cambridge University Press eBooks”
      Eating disorders are serious, often undiagnosed conditions requiring early treatment, with anorexia being the most deadly and binge-eating the most treatable.

      research Eating Disorders: Progress and Challenges

      81 citations , January 2011 in “European Journal of Internal Medicine”
      This review updates on the understanding and management of eating disorders, noting substantial progress over 30 years but highlighting the need for revised classification, clarified pathogenesis, and improved treatments.

      research Eating Disorders and Diabetes: Facing the Dual Challenge

      4 citations , September 2023 in “Nutrients”
      This review highlights the complex relationship between eating disorders and diabetes, indicating that individuals with diabetes may be at increased risk for eating disorders due to dietary and management demands, which can in turn affect blood sugar control.

      research Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Eating Disorders—A Literature Review

      December 2024 in “Journal of Clinical Medicine”
      This review explores the hormonal factors linking polycystic ovary syndrome and psychiatric disorders, such as eating disorders, emphasizing a bidirectional relationship that necessitates a multidisciplinary treatment approach; it reports no new clinical results.
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