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Review
. 2014 Feb 5;6(1):48-55.
doi: 10.14336/AD.2014.0124. eCollection 2015 Feb.

Eating Disorders in Late-life

Antonina Luca  1 , Maria Luca  2 , Carmela Calandra  2
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Review

Eating Disorders in Late-life

Antonina Luca et al. Aging Dis. .

Abstract

Eating disorders are a heterogeneous group of complex psychiatric disorders characterized by abnormal eating behaviours that lead to a high rate of morbidity, or even death, if underestimated and untreated. The main disorders enlisted in the chapter of the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders-5 dedicated to "Feeding and Eating Disorders" are: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Even though these abnormal behaviours are mostly diagnosed during childhood, interesting cases of late-life eating disorders have been reported in literature. In this review, these eating disorders are discussed, with particular attention to the diagnosis and management of those cases occurring in late-life.

Keywords: anorexia nervosa; binge eating disorders; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders; eating disorders in late-life.

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