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How An Eating Disorder Can Damage Your Future Fertility
Eating disorders often begin during our teenage years (though studies are now showing they’re starting even earlier), but their consequences can last a lifetime, even if we go through recovery.
By Gwen Farrell3 min read
Conditions like anorexia and bulimia and other disordered eating patterns or obsessive fitness attitudes can wreak havoc not only on our mental health and self-image, but also on our physical health. Though the psychological aspect of these issues is often focused on (and rightly so), eating disorders can even damage our reproductive health and our chances of achieving healthy, successful pregnancies.