What is an Eating Disorder?
An eating disorder is characterized by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and emotional health. The causes of eating disorders are complex and not yet fully understood Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, and Binge Eating disorder are the most common.
Eating disorders do not work in the same way for everybody. The disorders may often include several different combinations of symptoms which are difficult to explain. A lot has been written about conflicting theories concerning cause, prevention and effective treatment. It is only possible to understand many symptoms by considering an individual's personal life history. The symptoms are often not directly connected with the development of eating disorders.
What is common for all eating disorders, is that the individual doesn't just eat from the need for nutrition. Starvation or excessive eating is often used in order to achieve something else: a slim body, or the reduction of anxiety, stress, anger, monotony, depression etc.
An eating disorder is characterized by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and emotional health. The causes of eating disorders are complex and not yet fully understood Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, and Binge Eating disorder are the most common.
- Bulimia Nervosa: Bulimia nervosa is a common eating disorder. It is most common among young women, where 1-2% are affected. It is characterized by a craving for food, where you rapidly wolf down much more food than your body needs. People with bulimia sometimes cannot stop themselves from eating more and more. More or less successful methods are then used by the individual to prevent an increase in weight.
- Anorexia Nervosa: Anorexia nervosa is a very serious eating disorder. It may lead to death as a consequence of starvation or other medical conditions caused by lack of food. The limit for anorexia is for adults usually put at a BMI of less than 17.5 in combination with other symptoms. Between a half and one percent of young people suffer from anorexia.
- Binge Eating: The term Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is used for those who go through recurring episodes of compulsive overeating. They eat far too much, but don't get rid of the extra calories in the same way as those with bulimia.
- They typically eat large quantities of food quickly even when they are not physically hungry. More. Feelings of shame and guilt are common.
- BED usually leads to overweight. About one fifth of those who seek medical help for overweight have typical symptoms. Even those with overweight who don't have typical symptoms are often helped by similar treatment.
Eating disorders do not work in the same way for everybody. The disorders may often include several different combinations of symptoms which are difficult to explain. A lot has been written about conflicting theories concerning cause, prevention and effective treatment. It is only possible to understand many symptoms by considering an individual's personal life history. The symptoms are often not directly connected with the development of eating disorders.
What is common for all eating disorders, is that the individual doesn't just eat from the need for nutrition. Starvation or excessive eating is often used in order to achieve something else: a slim body, or the reduction of anxiety, stress, anger, monotony, depression etc.
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