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February 6, 2007

Doctors Often Overlook Eating Disorders in Patients

Experts in the UK say doctors - especially male doctors - frequently miss eating disorders in patients.

... just 17 per cent of the 600 youngsters questioned felt they could talk to a GP or nurse, 1 per cent felt they could talk to their parents, but 92 per cent said there was really nobody to turn to ... One sufferer told researchers that their doctor said they were just going through "a phase".

Eating disorders misunderstood by doctors

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