| Eating disorders are associated with emotional and | | | | Anorexia restrictors reduce their weight by severe |
| personality disorders and even with a biologic | | | | dieting while anorexic bulimic patients maintain |
| susceptibility, and a culture in which there is an | | | | emaciation by purging. Literally anorexia means |
| overabundance of food and obsession with thinness. | | | | absence of appetite. For example severe anorexia is |
| The general categories of eating disorders are: bulimia | | | | common in the elderly. Anorexia nervosa is another |
| nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating. | | | | kind of anorexia called psychological disorder. |
| Bulimia nervosa have been found in medieval writings | | | | Compulsively over eating is also called binge eating and |
| as self-starvation. It is more common than anorexia | | | | means becoming overweight. |
| and it begins early in adolescence. It is characterized | | | | A person suffering from binge-eating disorder has the |
| by cycles of bingeing and purging and takes the | | | | following characteristics: bingeing at least twice a |
| following pattern: bulimia is triggered when young | | | | week for six months, consuming 5,000 to 15,000 |
| women attempt restrictive diets. Patients are taking | | | | calories in one sitting, eating three meals a day plus |
| laxatives, diet pills or drugs to reduce fluids. | | | | frequent snacks, over eating continually throughout the |
| Patients revert to severe dieting, excessive exercise | | | | day, rather than consuming large amounts of food |
| or both. Patients with bulimia average about 14 | | | | during binges. |
| episodes of binge-purging per week. However a | | | | Binge-eating disorder is associated with weight gain. |
| patient must binge and purge at least twice a week | | | | Another category of eating disorders are not |
| for three months to be diagnosed with bulimia. The | | | | otherwise specified (NOS) disorders. It has been |
| body weight may fluctuate by more than 10 pounds | | | | established to define eating disorders not specifically |
| because of the binge-pure cycle. | | | | defined as anorexia or bulimia. NOS includes the |
| An aversion to food that leads to a state of starvation | | | | following: infrequent binge-purge episodes, repeated |
| and emaciation is called anorexia nervosa which | | | | chewing and spitting without swallowing large amounts |
| includes: normal body weight with about 15%-60%, an | | | | of food and normal weight and anorexic behavior. |
| intense fear of gaining weight, even he or she is | | | | Bulimia and anorexia are the most common disorders |
| severely underweight and the distorted image of the | | | | nowadays but fortunately a variety of techniques and |
| weight and shape. The people with anorexia are called | | | | modalities improved a lot so people can be helped. |
| also anorexia restrictors or anorexic bulimic patients. | | | | |