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Eating disorders: How genetics and parenting may play a part in anorexia and bulimia
4 Apr, 2021 02:48 AM
4 minutes to read
People with eating disorders typically display both body-image disturbance and problems in what is called interoception - how they perceive and interpret bodily sensations. Photo / Eric Ward, Unsplash
People with eating disorders typically display both body-image disturbance and problems in what is called interoception - how they perceive and interpret bodily sensations. Photo / Eric Ward, Unsplash
By: Marc Wilson
Researchers are exploring genetic and parenting roles in eating disorders. By Marc Wilson.
It is something of a paradox that people in the throes of a serious eating disorder will swear that they re overweight.