Many of us, including health professionals, think of an emaciated young girl with anorexia when we hear of an eating disorder. First of all, anorexia is the least common of all eating disorders. These deadly illnesses exist on a spectrum from anorexia and bulimia to Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, which includes Binge Eating Disorder. I found out the hard way (when it took two years to get my daughter diagnosed) that health professionals often aren't taught that people with eating … [Read more...]
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