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Never Too Rich or Too Thin? The High Cost of Anorexia



While it may no longer make the front page of newspapers as happened in the ’90s, eating disorders still have one of the highest mortality rates for mental illnesses. According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders “only 30 to 40 percent ever fully recover” from the disease. The study goes on to say that 20 percent of all anorexia patients die from complications related to their eating disorder.”