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Eating disorders are on the rise. GLP-1s could make things worse.

Eating disorders are on the rise. GLP-1s could make things worse.

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GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are one of the biggest biotech breakthroughs of the last decade. But to some clinical psychologists, they can represent something more sinister—a potential trigger for eating disorders. A new report suggests that the global incidence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa shot up between 1990 and 2023—by a whopping 71%. By 2023,…

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