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There are large similarities between eating disorders and drug addiction. Both disorders are methods of suppressing anxiety by stimulation of the reward center in the brain. References to more papers on this.
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Addiction and the Eating Disorders, by Caroline Davis, Ph.D.,
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Eating Disorders and Addiction, by Barton J. Blinder, M.D., Ph.D.; Mary C. Blinder, M.D.; and Visant A. Sanathara,
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