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An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat in a way which disturbs physical health. The eating may be excessive (compulsive over-eating); too limited (restricting); may include normal eating punctuated with episodes of purging; may include cycles of binging and purging; or may encompass the ingesting of non-foods. The best-known eating disorders are Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, and Pica. There are numerous theories as to the causes and mechanisms leading to eating disorders. The two most common eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Both of these have severe consequences to a person's health and can even cause death.
Types
- Anorexia nervosa
- Binge eating disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Eating disorder not otherwise specified
- Hyperphagia
- Rumination
- Obesity as a result of eating disorders
- Pica
Eating disorders are characterized by an abnormal obsession with food and weight. Eating disorders are much more common in women than in men, particularly teenaged girls, where eating disorders are on the rise. Over 50% of the people with an eating disorder also have a comorbid diagnosis of severe mental depression. The American Psychiatric Association lists eating disorders. Some psychologists also classify a syndrome called orthorexia as an eating disorder, or, more properly, "disordered eating" - the person is overly obsessed with the consumption of what they see as the 'right' foods for them, to the point that their nutrition and quality of life suffers (although due to cultural and political factors which influence food choices, this idea is considered controversial by some). In addition, some individuals have food phobias about what they can and cannot eat, which can be characterised as an eating disorder. Somewhat qualitatively different from those conditions previously mentioned is pica, or the habitual ingestion of inedibles, such as dirt, wood, hair, etc. This is a condition particularly prevalent in children.
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Anorexia Bulimia Recovery - Eating Disorders Treatment Book.: The Exact Steps That Saved My Life 9 Years Ago Fr.. http://bit.ly/XfWtl
An eating-disorders clinic in WNY that served adults has closed, leaving clients with few local options. http://tinyurl.com/yja8pns
buffaloscribe (buffaloscribe) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:58:25 -0000
An eating-disorders clinic in WNY that served adults has closed, leaving clients with few local options. http://tinyurl.com/yja8pns
Worst photoshop jobs of 2000s (or, as I call it "how magazines and photo journalists perpetuate eating disorders") http://bit.ly/7O67ty
erikullestad (Erik Ullestad) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:55:45 -0000
Worst photoshop jobs of 2000s (or, as I call it "how magazines and photo journalists perpetuate eating disorders") http://bit.ly/7O67ty
I interviewed Amen, Amen, Amen author Abby Sher @TheDailyBeast about OCD, prayer, how parents can help, eating disorders: http://vb.ly/rle
raquelita (Rachel Kramer Bussel) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:30:11 -0000
I interviewed Amen, Amen, Amen author Abby Sher @TheDailyBeast about OCD, prayer, how parents can help, eating disorders: http://vb.ly/rle
Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.
azquotes (A to Z Quotes) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:25:01 -0000
Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.
The incredible lightness of Hanukah Can holidays be enjoyable -- even enlightening -- with eating disorders?... http://bit.ly/68VaT8
VoiceinRecovery (VoiceinRecovery) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:14:07 -0000
The incredible lightness of Hanukah Can holidays be enjoyable -- even enlightening -- with eating disorders?... http://bit.ly/68VaT8
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