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201: The Science of Eating Disorders

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Do Calorie Counting Apps Help With Eating Disorders?

In an eating disorder, there's also likely quite a poor relationship with food. It can be somewhat counterintuitive to try and fix a relationship with food by saying you need to meet this certain goal. I'm not sure specifically as to whether it is used commonly. From what I've seen, they don't seem to suggest that sort of these calorie tracking apps cause eating disorders. But from what I've read, people who have an eating disorder are more likely to use it.

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