Why are eating disorders so hard to treat? - Anees Bahji
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Globally, about 10% of people will experience an eating disorder during their lifetime. And yet, eating disorders are profoundly misunderstood. Misconceptions about everything from symptoms to treatment make it difficult to navigate an eating disorder or support someone you love as they do so. Anees Bahji shares what is— and isn’t— true about eating disorders.
Although we still don’t know what causes eating disorders, scientists are getting close, and researchers are gaining more insight into their biology. So, if you were a scientist trying to research an eating disorder, what aspect would you study, and how would you go about conducting that research?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Anees Bahji
- Director Laura Jayne Hodkin
- Narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Music Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Producer Anna Bechtol
- Associate Producer Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
