Eating Disorders
What are the warning signs of an eating disorder?
- A marked increase or decrease in weight not related to a medical condition
- The development of abnormal eating habits such as severe dieting, preference for strange foods, withdrawn or ritualized behavior at mealtime, or secretive bingeing
- An intense preoccupation with weight and body image
- Compulsive or excessive exercising
- Self-induced vomiting, periods of fasting, or laxative, diet pills or diuretic abuse
- Feelings of isolation, depression, or irritability.
Anorexia Nervosa is characterized by primarily self-starvation and excessive weight loss.
Bulimia Nervosa is characterized primarily by a cycle of binge-eating followed by compensatory behaviors, such as self-induced vomiting, in an attempt to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating.
Binge-Eating Disorder (BED) is characterized by recurrent binge eating without the regular use of compensatory measures to counter the binge eating while feeling out of control, ashamed or disgusted over the behavior.
Read my article, “Binge-Eating Disorder and Compulsive Overeating: Are they the same thing?” on EatingDisorderHope.com
– National Eating Disorder Association