By ScienceDaily — 2020
Children with autistic traits are more likely than their peers to develop an eating disorder, according to a new UCL-led study.
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The field of neurobiology and eating disorders is one that is being continually studied and understood.
Society has also conditioned us to believe eating disorders afflict only young, white, thin, and affluent women. But in reality, they can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or weight.
Learn why eating disorders tend to occur in athletes, and what you can do to recognize and get help for sports-related anorexia and bulimia.
"The assumption that eating disorders primarily affect young, affluent white women was based on research that was conducted on young, affluent white women."