In a five-year follow-up study of 95 treated female anorexics conducted by Ben-Tovim and colleagues (2001), one finding was that ____.

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The study found that most of the patients continued to have disturbed eating patterns, poor body image, and psychosocial difficulties, indicating that recovery from anorexia is difficult and often incomplete even with effective treatment. Option A is not accurate, as the study did not report on patients developing the restricting subtype. Option B is partially correct, but the actual percentage was 21 percent, which is important to note. Option D is not accurate, as the study did not report on patient mortality.

In a Five-Year Follow-Up Study of 95 Treated Female Anorexics