Eating disorders are mental disorders that make us change our eating habits negatively. They affect our physical or mental health. A person with an eating disorder is obssesed about their weight and figure.
There are many types of this disorder:
•Anorexia nervosa: when you have a low weight and usually you see yourself fat when you aren’t, you exercise more than you need, maybe you don’t eat or just a little, you force yourself to vomit…
•Bulimia: when you eat a lot and then you vomit or have a laxative not to get fat.
•Binge eating disorder (BED): you have the necessity of eating a lot.
•Muscle dysmorphia: you feel that your body it’s too skinny and too small, and you’re worried about it.
Usually, they are caused by the idea of society of the perfect body is a very thin body, but it could be associated with a genetic cause or an incident that changes your life. It also happens because of stress, anxiety, depression, psychologic problems…
Some signs to know if you have it, are: missing meals, thinking that you’re fat when you have a normal weight, weakness, fatigue…
At the treatment, a very important thing are family and doctors support, and it can take a long time. It could be at the hospital, a treatment in group or others.
Sources:
[1]UK Department of Health, «Eating disorders – NHS Choices». [Online]. Available: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Eating-disorders/Pages/Introduction.aspx. [Accessed: 01-Feb-2016].
[2]Wikipedia Contributors, «Eating disorder – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia». [Online]. Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_disorder. [Accessed: 01-Feb-2016].
[3]C. Emery, «hungry? | Flickr – Photo Sharing!». [Online]. Available: https://www.flickr.com/photos/c_emery/5523425885. [Accessed: 22-Feb-2016].
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