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201: The Science of Eating Disorders

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Types of Eating Disorders

The most common types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and binge purge. Excessive exercise could also be indicative of it because it's not just eating, restricting your food intake but exercising to work off the stuff that you have eaten. Extreme thinness, amaciation can lead to osteoporosis or osteopenia,. mild anemia, muscle weight, muscle wasting and weakness - basically malnutrition. Brain damage, multiple organ failure and ultimately death if left untreated.

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