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Nature Medicine 14, 470 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm0508-470

Etiology of eating disorders explored as patience for a cure thins

Trisha Gura1

  1. Boston

Headlines about skeletal supermodels have fueled the perception that eating disorders are caused by cultural pressure to be thin. In tandem, treatments for such disorders have long centered on psychotherapy, often focused on improving patients' body image.

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