OXT and eating disorder: According to recent research, oxytocin may play a role in both the emergence of eating disorders and the control of eating behavior. The neurohormone oxytocin, which affects eating behavior as well as cognitive, emotional, and social functioning, is crucial to the pathophysiology of eating disorders, which can affect people of all weight spectra. According to recent research, the oxytocin system plays a role in the pathophysiology of AN.