Eating Disorders Impact Health For Years, Researchers Find

Key Takeaways

Eating disorders can harm a person’s health in ways that linger for years

Patients' risk for organ failure, broken bones, heart failure, diabetes, mental health problems and death skyrockets in the first year following diagnosis with an eating disorder

Some of those risks remain substantially high years later

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Eating disorders can harm a person’s physical and mental health in ways that linger for years, a new study reports.

Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other such disorders bring with them a high risk of health problems like diabetes , kidney or liver failure, broken bones and premature death, researchers said.

This risk is sky-high within the first year of diagnosis with an eating disorder, but can persist for years af