In a recent study in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, researchers confirmed that the very same eating disorders that affect young teens and waify supermodels also exist well into adulthood.
The difference between the generation gap is that older women appear to present with significantly higher rates of depression and other psychiatric disorders. &
Anorexia surrounding menopause can be particularly troublesome. Estrogen, already lowered by the menopause itself, takes an even greater dive when fat cells (suppliers of estrogen) disappear. This double whammy puts women at greater risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures among other issues.
Labels: anorexia, women, adults, eating disorders, osteoporosis
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