“Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the most common clinically recognized eating disorders. Those with anorexia skip meals, adopt highly restrictive and unhealthy diets, obsess over thinness and food, and present abnormal eating habits or rituals.

Bulimia presents itself in the form of binging, or overeating, followed by purging, often either by vomiting or using laxatives.”

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