Eating Disorders

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Most experts already believe there is a strong genetic component to the disorder, which mostly affects girls and women.

The new study "hammers home the fact that these are biologically based disorders," said Cynthia Bulik, lead author of the study who is a psychiatrist at the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

"We need to stop viewing them as a choice.

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The patients feel guilty, the providers tell them things like they should just eat, parents are blamed, the insurance companies won't fund treatment because they think it's a choice.

It's held us back for decades." People with anorexia have a distorted body image and refuse to ma...

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She revealed to Vogue magazine: "I've often wondered if I wasn't on that show if [anorexia] may not have happened.

"I didn't really know at that point what it was like to be a celebrity, and the only people I knew at the time who had a similar experience were these women whom I worked with.

They became my role models." The 33-year-old says she's discussed her problem with DeGeneres - who's been a pillar of strength.

She said: "We've talked a lot about this.

I'm not proud of the struggle.

"When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear.

And now I would like to reappear." Fellow cast member Calista Flockhart - who is dating 'Star Wars' star Harrison Ford - was herself dogged by rumours of an ba href=/eating disorder/a/b throughout the show's five year run.

She's always denied the claims, saying: "I eat normally.

I eat whatever I want, whenever I want.

I don't have a messed up relationship with food.

"Am I anorexic?

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