Eating disorders: Difference between revisions

[[File:Weight-loss-success-stories.jpeg|thumb|right|350px|Eating disorder care should focus on health, recovery, nutrition, metabolic risk, and long-term stability rather than shame, blame, or unsafe dieting.]]

[[File:W8md-meal-replacementnts.png|thumb|right|350px|Structured [[nutrition counseling]], [[meal replacements]], and medical monitoring may help selected patients, but restrictive plans must be used carefully in patients with active or past eating disorders.]]

'''Eating disorders''' are serious [[mental health]] and medical conditions characterized by persistent disturbances in eating behavior, food intake, body weight regulation, or body image that cause significant physical, psychological, and social harm. Eating disorders are not lifestyle choices, vanity, weakness, or lack of willpower. They are complex illnesses influenced by genetic, biological, psychological, social, cultural, metabolic, and environmental factors.

[[Category:Nutrition]]

[[Category:Patient education]]