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Eating Disorders

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Eating disorders can affect persons of all shapes and sizes. From extremes in underweight, across the spectrum of normal weight and overweight, and up to the extremes of obesity, underlying nutritional, psychological, and medical effects of eating disorders can be found. Disordered eating encompasses restriction of food as well as binge eating, inappropriate compensation with purging or excessive exercise, and patterns of eating that disrupt normal, daily functioning. Nutritional counseling is often an integral part of treatment for these complex, psychiatric disorders, typically in the context of a team approach.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 3027, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-3309, USA

    Kelly C. Allison PhD

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    Norman J. Temple

  2. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, 54603, Minnesota, USA

    Ted Wilson

  3. School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community H, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second St., Minneapolis, 55454, USA

    David R. Jacobs, Jr.

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Allison, K.C. (2012). Eating Disorders. In: Temple, N., Wilson, T., Jacobs, Jr., D. (eds) Nutritional Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-894-8_3

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