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Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder have been increasing in prevalence over the last 30 years . At least 10 million people are afflicted with eating disorders in the United States and another 5-10 million are affected by atypical or subsyndromal eating disorders (Pyle et al., 1983; Lachenmeyer & Muni-Brander, 1988). The morbidity and mortality associated with eating disorders is high. Untreated anorexia nervosa has a premature mortality rate of 10-20% and as many as one-half to two-thirds of patients develop a chronic eating disorder (Ratnasuriya, Eisler, Szmukler, & Russell, 1991;; this is one of the highest mortality rates for any psychiatric disorder. The mortality rate of untreated bulimia nervosa is lower, probably in the range of 5%, but this condition also often becomes chronic (Herzog, Keller, & Lavori, 1988; Keller, Herzog, Lavori, Bradburn, & Mahoney, 1992). The physiological complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are significant and include osteoporosis, infertility, abnormalities in body composition, cardiac changes, and brain abnormalities. Binge-eating disorder ) is frequently associated with moderate obesity which contributes
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- Author
- Pauline S. Powers
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0276-3478)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Psychology (Social Sciences)