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title: disordered eating
date: 2024-02-15T11:07:00-05:00
author: Grace Koch
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# disordered eating

Anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, among other forms of disordered eating, are complicated physical and psychological disorders that affect primarily women and girls. Those with disordered eating often suffer from underlying anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric illnesses. Body size and shape preoccupation, distorted body image, compulsive overeating and exercising, and obsessional rituals often linger for years after an acute disorder. Unhealthy nutrition, low weight, and dramatic weight loss and gain can harm major organs and compromise hormonal systems and have a long-term effect on women’s health and well-being. The most common fertility related health problems associated with anorexia are amenorrhea (absence of periods), irregular menstrual cycles, reduced egg quality, ovarian failure, compromised uterine health, and miscarriage

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