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Health: Can cheat meals cause eating disorders?

Researchers find cheat meals associated with eating disorders (File Photo)

Toronto: Over the course of a year, more than half of men, women, and transgender or gender nonconforming participants engaged in at least one "cheat meal" -- the practice of deviating from one's established dietary practises to consume "prohibited" calorie dense meals, only to return to previous dietary practises later, according to a new study.

The findings of the study were published in the journal Eating Disorders.

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