Eating Disorders
By: Daniel White
What is it?
- Eating disorders are serious behavior problems.
- They can include severe overeating or not consuming enough food to stay healthy.
- They also involve extreme concern about your shape or weight.
Types of Eating Disorders
- Anorexia nervosa: you become too thin, but you don't eat enough because you think you're.
- Bulimia nervosa: periods of overeating followed by purging, sometimes through self-induced vomiting or using laxatives.
- Binge-eating: out-of-control eating.
Statistics
• Women are much more likely than men to develop an eating disorder. Only an estimated 5 to 15 percent of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.
• Men are less likely to seek treatment for eating disorders because of the perception that they are “woman’s diseases.
• Up to 24 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S.
• Men are less likely to seek treatment for eating disorders because of the perception that they are “woman’s diseases.
• Up to 24 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S.
Tips
- Listen to your body.
- Listen to your feelings.
- Trust yourself.
- Accept yourself.
- Love yourself.
- Enjoy life again.