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Eating Disorders

What are eating disorders?

Eating disorders are serious mental health disorders. They involve severe problems with your thoughts about food and your eating behaviors. You may eat much less or much more than you need.

Eating disorders are medical conditions; they are not a lifestyle choice. They affect your body's ability to get proper nutrition. This can lead to health issues, such as heart and kidney problems, or sometimes even death. But there are treatments that can help.

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  1. Eating Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are eating disorders? Eating disorders are serious mental health disorders. They involve severe problems with your thoughts about food and your eating behaviors. You may ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/eatingdisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Bulimia 
    Bulimia is an eating disorder in which a person has regular episodes of eating a very large amount of food (bingeing) during which the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000341.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Eating disorders - resources 
    The following organizations provide information on eating disorders: Academy for Eating Disorders -- www.aedweb.org Overeaters Anonymous -- oa.org National Eating Disorders Association -- www.nationaleatingdisorders.org National Institute of Mental ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002171.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Binge eating disorder 
    Binge eating disorder is an eating disorder in which a person regularly eats unusually large amounts of food. During binge eating, the person also feels a loss of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003265.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Anorexia and Bulimia: How Eating Disorders Can Affect Your Child (American Academy of Pediatrics)  
    Eating Disorders/Children ... Eating Disorders ... American Academy of Pediatrics ... Anorexia; bulimia; anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; body image; mental health; ...
    https://www.healthychildren.org/.../eating-disorders-anorexia.aspx - External Health Links
  6. Anorexia 
    Anorexia is an eating disorder that causes people to weigh less than is considered healthy for their age and height, usually by excessive weight ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000362.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Eating Disorders From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Mental Health)  
    Learn about eating disorders, including types (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa), signs and symptoms, risk factors, and treatments and therapies.
    https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders - External Health Links
  8. Eating Disorders (Nemours Foundation)  
    Eating Disorders/Teenagers ... Eating Disorders ... Nemours Foundation ... anorexia, bulimia, nervosa, obsessed with foo, extreme exercise, overexercise, over exercise, ...
    https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/eat-disorder.html - External Health Links
  9. Bulimia Nervosa (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)  
    Eating Disorders/Specifics ... Eating Disorders ... Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health ... Bulimia nervosa, often called bulimia, is a ...
    https://www.womenshealth.gov/.../eating-disorders/bulimia-nervosa - External Health Links
  10. Binge Eating Disorder (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)  
    Eating Disorders/Specifics ... Eating Disorders ... Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health ... Binge eating disorder is the most common type ...
    https://www.womenshealth.gov/.../binge-eating-disorder - External Health Links
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