Why Anorexic Patients Cling To Their Eating Disorder

Monday, August 3, 2009 - 09:35 in Health & Medicine

Anorexic patients drastically reduce food intake and are often not capable of changing their behavior. This can lead to life-threatening weight loss. Using MRI technology, scientists have discovered for the first time processes in brain metabolism that explain this disturbed eating behavior.

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