anorexia
‘Looks can be deceiving’: People with anorexia don’t always look scrawny or malnourished
[A]dolescents and young adults with disordered eating habits or outright eating disorders often go unrecognized by both parents and physicians ...
Could common infections be causing eating disorders?
Infections might, in fact, spark eating disorders in some people. For the study, Lauren Breithaupt, a clinical psychologist at Massachusetts ...
Chasing origins of anorexia: Are there genetic links to the complicated disorder?
Anorexia has long been treated as a psychological condition. But recent research, including a landmark genome-wide association study, are prompting scientists ...
Anorexia linked to metabolism in DNA study, opening new treatment avenues
The way we treat anorexia may be changing, thanks to a new study linking the illness to metabolism. The study, ...
