People out there might be wondering, why is it that depression and eating disorders so commonly travel together?

That is a great question.

And the reason for that is they both...

The, the relationship is bidirectional and multifactorial.

So not only do eating disorders contribute to symptoms of depression, but depression itself can contribute to symptoms of the eating disorder.

And there are several pathways that contribute to their co-occurrence, that they, why they travel together.

Um, number one, there's a shared genetic vulnerability that might predispose individuals to both conditions.

Yeah