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Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are a group of serious psychiatric conditions defined by persistent disturbances in eating behaviour and in the perception of body weight or shape, accompanied by impaired physical health and psychosocial functioning. Recognised forms include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disord…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 49× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Eating disorders are a group of serious psychiatric conditions defined by persistent disturbances in eating behaviour and in the perception of body weight or shape, accompanied by impaired physical health and psychosocial functioning. Recognised forms include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, alongside related presentations such as night eating syndrome and orthorexia. They arise from an interplay of psychological, biological, social and cultural factors, and frequently co-occur with mood, anxiety and other disorders. The articles in this collection examine several of these dimensions. Studies of night eating syndrome link disordered eating to objective and subjective sleep disturbance and binge behaviour, while longitudinal work traces how dysfunctional attitudes shape eating-disorder, depressive and aggressive symptoms in young people. Orthorexia nervosa and its impact on quality of life, together with examination of whether social media fuels an unhealthy preoccupation with health and diet, address emerging and culturally driven patterns. Other contributions consider the diagnostic boundary with organic disease, illustrated by superior mesenteric artery syndrome mistaken for psychiatric illness, and the principles of balanced nutrition. Together these works frame eating disorders as conditions in which mind, body and environment intersect, requiring careful differential diagnosis, attention to comorbidity, and integrated psychological and nutritional approaches to assessment and care.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 49 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Alcohol.

Journal editorial board
Mahmoud El-Mas · Kuwait Borna Relja · Germany Waldemar Wardencki · Poland

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