Eating disorders are life-threaten issues that deals with emotional and physical problems surrounding weight and food. It’s most prevalent in young adolescents and early adulthood. Anorexia nervosa, binge, bulimia nervosa are the most the most three common types of eating disorders. People who are suffering from anorexia nervosa deal with inadequate intake of food, fear of weight gain and self-esteem related to body image. Binge eating disorder results from individuals consuming a large quantity…
Eating Disorders are very serious, and very real. They can cause serious damage to all the spectrums of the health triangle. An eating disorder is any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. It’s very important to know the signs, symptoms, and triggers of eating disorders so you can keep both you, and your family/loved ones safe. Signs of bulimia include constant dieting, hiding food or food wrappers, eating in secret, eating to the point of…
An estimated 30 million people of varying ages and genders struggle with an eating disorder in the United States. (Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, p.343) Why is it that eating disorders are so prevalent in western societies? An answer to that would be because of what the media portrays as normal. The media depicts unrealistic and harmful body standards for both men and women, but predominantly towards women. Slender body types are widespread in every type of media from magazines to movies.…