Eating Disorders

Anorexia Bulimia Binge-eating

Some Chilling Statistics • Eating disorders

have increased threefold in the last 50 years

• 10% of the population is afflicted with an eating disorder

• 90% of the cases are young women and adolescent girls

• Eating disorders are seen in teens, college students, and older population

Risk Factors for developing

an eating disorder• Personality and psychological factors• Family influence•Media

Three Types of Eating Disorders•Anorexia nervosa-

characterized by a pursuit of thinness that leads to self-starvation

•Bulimia nervosa- characterized by a cycle of bingeing

followed by extreme behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as purging.

•Binge-eating disorder- characterized by regular bingeing,

but do not engage in purging behaviors which results in extreme obesity.

Anorexia nervosa•Begins with individuals

restricting certain foods. •Restrict high-fat foods first•Food intake becomes severely limited

Anorexia nervosa• Risk of Death:• The Deadliest of all Psychological Disorders

Bulimia Nervosa• Person goes

through cycles of binging and purging.–binge: eating large amount of food at once–Purge: throwing up or use of laxative to force it out of the body very fast