eating disorders

anorexia nervosa is a disorder with

an extreme obsession over weight and being as skinny as possible

anorexia is the most popular eating disorder known

by the population

anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate in

eating disorders

and the second highest mortality rate in

all mental illness

anorexia nervosa characteristics

extremely underweight, starvation, intense fear of gaining weight

anorexia nervosa mainly affects

women especially during adolescence

the two types of anorexia nervosa are

binge/purging disorder and in some cases restrictive food intake disorder and i’ll go into detail about these shortly

anorexia nervosa conditions

brittle nails, thinning hair, dry skin, infertility, hypotension

bulimia nervosa is a disorder where

someone binge eats a large amount of food followed by methods to avoid gaining weight

bulimia nervosa more common than

anorexia nervosa

people suffering with bulimia nervosa typically feel like 

they have no control while binge eating and need to be secretive about food eaten

binge eating is the act of

regularly eating a large amount of food in a short period of time.

binge eating is the most common eating disorder found

often in women during adolescence

binge eating is the most 

common eating disorder 

purging is eating followed by

self induced vomiting or a misuse of laxatives or diuretics for weight

purging is typically seen in

young girls and women

purging disorder can lead to

dental complications. gastrointensital complications, and in serve cases cardiac complications

pica is when an individual 

compulsively eats non food items such as chalk, ice, dirt, soap, and paper 

pica is a common eating disorder among

pregnant women

pica however is usually a

temporary eating disorder than can be self resolved

restricitve food intake is a disorder that

restricts the amount of food eaten causing nutrition to not be met

restricitve food intake is typically found 

in toddlers and early childhood