A study by a group of doctors in British Columbia, Canada, has found that the life expectancy of individuals with anorexia nervosa is significantly lower than that of those who do not suffer from the eating disorder.

"Their number crunching revealed, for instance, that a woman who develops the disorder at age 15 will live on average to age 56 - 25 years less than the average Canadian female... About half of those who die commit suicide, while the rest succumb to medical problems..."

The B.C. specialists hope their study will help eliminate the stigma surrounding anorexia and other eating disorders, and will prompt both sufferers and the community at large to take the disorders more seriously. Source: Canadian National Post

Labels: health, death, life_expectancy

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