Although many scientists agree that our nation's love affair with thinness has some relevance toward the development of eating disorders, discoveries in recent years now suggest that biological factors also are at work.
Research implicates genes and brain chemicals.
New insights into the roots of eating disorders are helping researchers piece together how the disorders evolve and may lead to improved treatments. You're saving room for a dessert of almond drenched macaroons. Millions of Americans have a much more complex and negative relationship with food. They suffer from potentially life-threatening eating disorders. One prevalent type, anorexia, often involves severe dieting that can dip into starvation.