1. What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Self-induced starvation. This person is characterized by a low self-esteem and often have tremendous needs to control their surroundings and emotions. They control/reduce their food intake to the point of starvation.
2.What is Bulimia?
Binge and purge episode (eat a large quantity of food in a short period of time then use behaviors such as laxatives or self-induced vomiting). They may have episodes of binging and purging to avoid and let out feelings of anger, depression, stress or anxiety. There are two types of Bulimia: Purging type and non-purging type. Purging type is when the person has regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enema. The second type is non-purging type. The person who has a non-purging type Bulimia has used other inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise, but has not regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxative, diuretics, or enemas.
3.What is Compulsive Overeating?
Compulsive overeating is when a person has an addiction to food, using food and eating as a way to hide from their emotions, to fill a void they feel inside and to cope with stresses and problems in their lives. Binge eating are at risk for health attacks, high blood pressure and cholesterol, diabetes, kidney disease/failure, arthritis and bone deterioration, and stroke. A person who has compulsive overeating eats without thinking of health risks.
4.What are some signs and symptoms of these eating disorders?
Anorexia
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Bulimia
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Overeating
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Obsessive exercise
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Craving for food
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Diabetes
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Calorie and fat gram counting
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Feelings of anger, depression, stress, anxiety.
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Obesity
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Starvation/restriction of food
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People who are overly concerned with body-image.
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Craving for food
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Self-induced vomiting
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Low self-esteem
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Unhappy
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The use of diet pills and laxatives/diuretics
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Overly concerned with body image
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