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Persistent low body weight in young kids increases risk for anorexia nervosa later, study finds

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A new study has found that a persistent low body mass index (BMI) in children, starting as young as age 2 for boys and 4 for girls, may be a risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa in adolescence.