Brain size may signal risk of developing an eating disorder

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New research indicates that teens with anorexia nervosa have bigger brains than teens that do not have the eating disorder. That is according to a study that examined a group of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and a group without.
SOURCE: Eating Disorder Research News — ScienceDaily – Read entire story here.

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