The eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, is a potentially lethal, leading cause of disability in young women, and a biological perspective on this important problem might further our understanding of the physiological control of energy balance. The article by Södersten, Nergardh, Bergh, Zandian, and Scheurink describes a new treatment for anorexia nervosa with an impressive success rate and without prescription drugs or psychotherapy. Like the cause of the disease, this new method of treatment lacks a firm theoretical foundation based on experimental data. The authors' explanation for their success rate, however, is intriguing. This new treatment is as worthy of study as any of the others now available. I encourage clinicians to give this biological perspective a fair evaluation, and behavioral neuroendocrinologists to consider the implications for physiological control of ingestive and reproductive behavior.

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给食物一个机会：不用药物和心理治疗神经性厌食症

饮食失调，神经性厌食症，是年轻女性残疾的潜在致命原因，对这一重要问题的生物学观点可能会进一步了解我们对能量平衡的生理控制。Södersten、Nergardh、Bergh、Zandian 和 Scheurink 的文章描述了一种治疗神经性厌食症的新疗法，其成功率令人印象深刻，无需处方药或心理治疗。与疾病的病因一样，这种新的治疗方法缺乏基于实验数据的坚实理论基础。然而，作者对其成功率的解释很有趣。这种新疗法与现有的任何其他疗法一样值得研究。我鼓励临床医生对这种生物学观点进行公正的评估，