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SM Preventive Medicine and Public Health

A Public Health Concern: The Effect of Culture on Eating Disorders Remaining Mindful in General Medicine / Family Practice

[ ISSN : 2576-4004 ]

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Received: 07-Apr-2018

Accepted: 12-Apr-2018

Published: 18-Apr-2018

Commentary | Volume 2 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Nicholas A Kerna1,2* 

1College of Medicine, University of Science, Arts and Technology, Montserrat, BWI

2Department of General Practice / Family Medicine, Suriwongse Medical Center, Thailand

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Nicholas A Kerna, University of Science, Arts and Technology, USA, Email: nicholas.kerna@usat.edu

Abstract

What about eating disorders? According to the National Institute of Health (2016) article, Eating Disorders: “Eating disorders are actually serious and often fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder.

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Kerna NA. A Public Health Concern: The Effect of Culture on Eating Disorders Remaining Mindful in General Medicine / Family Practice. SM Prev Med Public Health. 2018; 2(1): 1011.