Future efforts should be invested in prospective studies, including several years' post-discharge follow-up, to explore correlations with LOS and guide treatment decisions. PRACTITIONER MESSAGE: Inpatient treatment in specialist eating disorder units is associated with nutritional and psychological benefits in adults and adolescents. Treatment requiring legal detention or nasogastric feeding involves longer admission. Further research is needed to see whether benefits are lasting.
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