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Little-known Facts About Eating Disorders in Older Patients

Eating disorders can frequently be unrecognized or masked behind medical conditions, depression, or the natural changes of aging.

 Eating disorders in late life can frequently be unrecognized or masked behind medical conditions, depression, or the natural changes of aging. For a full PDF of this slideshow, click here.Note: For further information, see "Eating Disorders in Late Life: Implications for Clinicians," by Fragiskos Gonidakis, MD and Dafni Karapavlou, MSc, on which this slideshow was based.This article was originally posted on August 11, 2015 and has since been updated.

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