Study results from NHS Foundation Trust in the area of eating disorders therapy published

Scientists discuss in 'Salinophagia in anorexia nervosa: case reports' new findings in eating disorders. According to a study from Leeds, the United Kingdom, "We report two cases of pathological ingestion of salt as a feature of anorexia nervosa, which we have previously termed 'salinophagia.' Both cases were young women with anorexia nervosa of the purging subtype and of sufficient severity to necessitate inpatient treatment. In both instances, excessive quantities of salt were ingested in the context of treatment programs requiring nutritional rehabilitation, and motivated by a wish to despoil the food and render it distasteful, to rob its ingestion of any hedonic qualities."

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