Women who are thin and have a waistline of 24-26 inches nowadays are perceived to be sexy and hot. “Thin is IN,” this is the common idea of people nowadays. Because of this, most youths are pressured to stay thin. With their desire to stay thin and be in, they starve themselves and this may lead to eating disorders. Starving oneself is not just the only eating disorder for one may also overeat and get obese due to loneliness and stress.
Three eating disorders are most common among teenagers and adults. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder will be discussed in the succeeding paragraphs.
The first in the list is anorexia nervosa. Anorexia is a condition where one starves herself because she is so afraid to gain weight and become fat. People with anorexia also tend to exercise with too much passion and they do it every time they have the chance. Anorexics also suffer from low self-esteem and they wear baggy clothes to hide excessive weight loss.
Bulimia is another kind of eating disorder. Bulimia is a bit different from anorexia because bulimic people still eat well. The only problem is, after eating they force or induce themselves to vomit all the food they have consumed. This is done on a regular basis resulting to the body developing resistance to food. If this happens, the body will expel or remove all the food that enters the body through vomiting. Bulimics usually experience sore throats because of excessive vomiting.
The third eating disorder does not involve starvation or vomiting, but rather, overeating. This is called binge eating disorder. People suffering from stress, loneliness and depression are more prone to binge eating disorder. They will pacify themselves with comfort foods like chocolates, fatty and fried foods. They also have the tendency to eat even when not hungry that is why they become obese.
Though eating disorders vary, they still have common symptoms like low self-confidence, abnormal weight loss, withdrawal from family and friends, irregular heartbeat and their refusal to accept the truth about their condition.
Any treatment for such disorder will not take effect if the patient herself will not accept that she is suffering from eating disorder. After acceptance, treatment like psychological therapy and consultation with a nutritionist follows.
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