HealthDay (5/26, Reinberg) reports, “Teenage girls who use over-the-counter diet pills and laxatives to lose weight run a very high risk of developing eating disorders,” investigators concluded after examining “data on more than 1,000 girls” who “were followed from their teens for more than” a decade. The study revealed that “girls who used diet pills had a 258% greater risk of being diagnosed with an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia within five years,” and “if they used laxatives, the risk was 177% greater, compared with those who didn’t use those products.” The findings were published online May 5 in a brief report in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
Related Links:
— “Diet Pill Use Could Be a Step Away From Eating Disorder “Steven Reinberg, HealthDay, May 27, 2021