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The comorbidity between eating disorders and anxiety disorders: Prevalence in an eating disorder sample and anxiety disorder sample

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- Oftentimes, anxiety disorders go hand in hand with eating disorders

Comorbidity with Anxiety

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- Oftentimes, eating disorders go hand in hand with anxiety disorders

Comorbidity of Eating Disorders

3 different explanations for the observed pathology of the comorbidity of anxiety and eating disorders:
- Anxiety may be a risk factor for the development of an eating disorder
- Anxiety may be secondary to eating pathology
- Both disorders share common vulnerability factors

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