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What causes an eating disorder?

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What causes an eating disorder?

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Eating disorders are believed to result from a combination of biological vulnerability, environmental, and social factors. Once an eating disorder develops, physiological changes play a role in sustaining the behaviors and irrational patterns of thinking involved. For example, starvation increases preoccupation with food and the risk of binge-eating. For underweight patients, achievement of a low normal weight is therefore a priority for successful treatment.