Editing Eating disorder (section)

==== Social isolation ====
[[Social isolation]] has been shown to have a deleterious effect on an individual's physical and emotional well-being. Those that are socially isolated have a higher mortality rate in general as compared to individuals that have established social relationships. This effect on mortality is markedly increased in those with pre-existing medical or psychiatric conditions, and has been especially noted in cases of [[coronary heart disease]]. "The magnitude of risk associated with social isolation is comparable with that of [[cigarette smoking]] and other major [[biomedical]] and [[psychosocial]] [[risk factors]]." (Brummett ''et al.'')

Social isolation can be inherently stressful, depressing and anxiety-provoking. In an attempt to ameliorate these distressful feelings an individual may engage in emotional eating in which food serves as a source of comfort. The loneliness of social isolation and the inherent stressors thus associated have been implicated as triggering factors in binge eating as well.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Troop NA, Bifulco A |title=Childhood social arena and cognitive sets in eating disorders |journal=British Journal of Clinical Psychology |volume=41 |issue=Pt 2 |pages=205–11 |date=June 2002 |pmid=12034006 |doi=10.1348/014466502163976}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Nonogaki K, Nozue K, Oka Y |title=Social isolation affects the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes in mice |journal=Endocrinology |volume=148 |issue=10 |pages=4658–66 |date=October 2007 |pmid=17640995 |doi=10.1210/en.2007-0296 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Esplen MJ, Garfinkel P, Gallop R |title=Relationship between self-soothing, aloneness, and evocative memory in bulimia nervosa |journal=The International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=96–100 |date=January 2000 |pmid=10590454 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200001)27:1<96::AID-EAT11>3.0.CO;2-S |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Larson R, Johnson C |title=Bulimia: disturbed patterns of solitude |journal=Addictive Behaviors |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=281–90 |year=1985 |pmid=3866486 |doi=10.1016/0306-4603(85)90009-7}}</ref>

Waller, Kennerley and Ohanian (2007) argued that both bingeing–vomiting and restriction are emotion suppression strategies, but they are just utilized at different times. For example, restriction is used to pre-empt any emotion activation, while bingeing–vomiting is used after an emotion has been activated.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Fox JR |title=Eating disorders and emotions |journal=Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=237–9 |date=July 2009 |pmid=19639648 |doi=10.1002/cpp.625 |doi-access=free}}</ref>