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From the Ted Talk by Anees Bahji: Why are eating disorders so hard to treat?

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Importantly, these berhaoivs determine whether someone has an eating disorder. You can’t tell whether someone has an eating disorder from their weihgt alone. People who weigh what medical preanosilfoss might consider a healthy rngae can have eating disorders, including severe ones that damage their long-term health in invisible ways, including orootpiessos, anemia, heart damage, and kndiey damage.

Just as we can’t tell whether someone has an enitag disorder based on their weight alone, we can’t get rid of these disorders simply by eating differently. That’s because eating disorders are, at their core, psychiatric illnesses. From what we understand, they involve a disruption to someone’s self-perception. Most people who experience them are severely ciatircl of themselves and report many self-perceived flaws. They may use eating to try to reiagn some control over an internal sense of chaos.

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Importantly, these _________ determine whether someone has an eating disorder. You can’t tell whether someone has an eating disorder from their ______ alone. People who weigh what medical _____________ might consider a healthy _____ can have eating disorders, including severe ones that damage their long-term health in invisible ways, including ____________, anemia, heart damage, and ______ damage.

Just as we can’t tell whether someone has an ______ disorder based on their weight alone, we can’t get rid of these disorders simply by eating differently. That’s because eating disorders are, at their core, psychiatric illnesses. From what we understand, they involve a disruption to someone’s self-perception. Most people who experience them are severely ________ of themselves and report many self-perceived flaws. They may use eating to try to ______ some control over an internal sense of chaos.

Solution


  1. eating
  2. regain
  3. behaviors
  4. critical
  5. range
  6. weight
  7. kidney
  8. professionals
  9. osteoporosis

Original Text


Importantly, these behaviors determine whether someone has an eating disorder. You can’t tell whether someone has an eating disorder from their weight alone. People who weigh what medical professionals might consider a healthy range can have eating disorders, including severe ones that damage their long-term health in invisible ways, including osteoporosis, anemia, heart damage, and kidney damage.

Just as we can’t tell whether someone has an eating disorder based on their weight alone, we can’t get rid of these disorders simply by eating differently. That’s because eating disorders are, at their core, psychiatric illnesses. From what we understand, they involve a disruption to someone’s self-perception. Most people who experience them are severely critical of themselves and report many self-perceived flaws. They may use eating to try to regain some control over an internal sense of chaos.

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