Eating Disorders Increase Risk of Death

June 28, 2012
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While most think eating disorders are just bad for their health, the reality is that they increase your risk of death. A new study found that “individuals with eating disorders have significantly elevated mortality (death) rates, with the highest rates occurring in those with AN (anorexia nervosa). One of the reasons for the higher occurrence is that “one in 5 individuals with AN who died had committed suicide.)

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