title: Health and fitness series--5. Managing anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders.
abstract: At a time when obesity is a major public health concern, society paradoxically prefers thinness. This, along with the increase in dieting seen over recent years, has inevitably been linked to a rise in the incidence of eating disorders. This article describes the features and complications of eating disorders and gives advice on how these disorders can be identified and managed.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirk
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution