What Are Eating Disorders?
Labels Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are not merely unhealthy eating habits; they involve
patterns of eating too little or too much, and they may cause a variety of
physical and emotional problems. Eating disorders usually develop during
adolescence and usually affect girls, although boys can also be affected. Eating
disorders include anorexia (an-o-REK-see-a), bulimia (bull-EE-me-a), binge
eating disorder, and obesity (o-BEE-si-tee).
Anorexia Anorexia (also called anorexia nervosa) is an eating disorder
that involves the fear of becoming or being fat, intensive dieting or exercise,
and a distorted body image. People with anorexia see themselves as fat
even though they may be dangerously underweight. They severely restrict
their food intake and/or exercise to extremes in order to lose weight.
People may be diagnosed with anorexia if they refuse to eat enough food to
maintain a healthy weight and have lost more than 15 to 20 percent of their
healthy weight. For example, a girl with anorexia whose healthy weight is
125 pounds might weigh 105 pounds. She might eat as little as 500 calories
per day (most healthy teenagers eat 2,000 or more calories per day).
Bulimia Sometimes referred to as the binge-purge disorder, bulimia
(or bulimia nervosa) involves repeated episodes of binge eating (consuming
large quantities of food while feeling little control over the behavior)
followed by purging (trying to rid the body of the food by vomiting or
by using laxatives or enemas). Some people with bulimia also exercise
excessively. In bulimia, self-image is overly tied to body shape and weight,
and people with this disorder are dissatisfied with these aspects of their
body. However, unlike those with anorexia, people with bulimia usually
stay at a fairly healthy weight.
Binge eating disorder Binge eating disorder involves out-of-control
overeating but lacks the purging that is seen with bulimia. Binge eaters
often are obese or constantly dieting, and they often feels guilty after a
binge. Painful emotions or stress may trigger binges.
Obesity Obesity is an excess of body fat. People are considered overweight
if extra body fat causes them to weigh 20 percent more than the
healthy weight for their height and obese if they if they weigh more than
30 percent above what is healthy for their height.
patterns of eating too little or too much, and they may cause a variety of
physical and emotional problems. Eating disorders usually develop during
adolescence and usually affect girls, although boys can also be affected. Eating
disorders include anorexia (an-o-REK-see-a), bulimia (bull-EE-me-a), binge
eating disorder, and obesity (o-BEE-si-tee).
Anorexia Anorexia (also called anorexia nervosa) is an eating disorder
that involves the fear of becoming or being fat, intensive dieting or exercise,
and a distorted body image. People with anorexia see themselves as fat
even though they may be dangerously underweight. They severely restrict
their food intake and/or exercise to extremes in order to lose weight.
People may be diagnosed with anorexia if they refuse to eat enough food to
maintain a healthy weight and have lost more than 15 to 20 percent of their
healthy weight. For example, a girl with anorexia whose healthy weight is
125 pounds might weigh 105 pounds. She might eat as little as 500 calories
per day (most healthy teenagers eat 2,000 or more calories per day).
Bulimia Sometimes referred to as the binge-purge disorder, bulimia
(or bulimia nervosa) involves repeated episodes of binge eating (consuming
large quantities of food while feeling little control over the behavior)
followed by purging (trying to rid the body of the food by vomiting or
by using laxatives or enemas). Some people with bulimia also exercise
excessively. In bulimia, self-image is overly tied to body shape and weight,
and people with this disorder are dissatisfied with these aspects of their
body. However, unlike those with anorexia, people with bulimia usually
stay at a fairly healthy weight.
Binge eating disorder Binge eating disorder involves out-of-control
overeating but lacks the purging that is seen with bulimia. Binge eaters
often are obese or constantly dieting, and they often feels guilty after a
binge. Painful emotions or stress may trigger binges.
Obesity Obesity is an excess of body fat. People are considered overweight
if extra body fat causes them to weigh 20 percent more than the
healthy weight for their height and obese if they if they weigh more than
30 percent above what is healthy for their height.
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