How do eating disorders affect mental health?

Eating disorders have wide-ranging effects on a person’s mental health, influencing mood, self-esteem, and overall emotional well-being.

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Understanding Eating Disorders and Their Impact on Mental Health Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that directly impact physical health and emotional well-being. These disorders, including the most known types like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, involve serious disturbances in eating behaviours and related thoughts and emotions. To understand how these disorders affect mental health, it's important first to understand what they entail and why they are so impactful. Types of Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa: characterised by weight loss often due to excessive dieting and exercise, sometimes to the point of starvation. People with anorexia have an...
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