Types Of Eating Disorder
The Eating disorder can be described as an illness that is as a result of irregular eating habits. Eating disorders are derived from distress over body shape and weight and some type obsessed to food. Self-food denial and bingeing is as a result of being conscious of body weight and shape. it’s good to note that some forms of eating disorders are fatal if untreated. There are three major categories in which eating disorders are classified at.
The first category is Anorexia nervosa which is characterized by extremely low body weight in relation to the gender, age, and height. Anorexia Nervosa is one of the most life-threatening and psychological eating disorder commonly through self-starvation. The highest number of people with eating disorder suffers from anorexia nervosa. The reason for this is that most people adopt eating habits like self-starvation or denial, exercising too hard, or eating a few meals that are perceived to be healthy and safe. The main reason for this is to reduce weight and maintain the desired body shape by maintaining the same eating habits. If you find your loved ones trying to copy model body shapes from TV advise them to follow guidelines from a nutritionist on how to maintain that desired body shape.
The second category is bulimia nervosa where the victims can be described as normal weight, unlike anorexia nervosa. Victims in this category suffer from bingeing described as eating too much food at a given time. After that, they realize that they have added weight resulting in purging. To reduce the body weight gained they do purging through fasting, self-induced vomiting, excessive exercises and reduce the normal diet. This cycle continues on several occasions since once they achieve the desired body weight, they get comfortable and increase the diet unconsciously the repeats the process again. If the cycle continues for a long time the victim suffers from health issues like kidney problems, dental problems, but can be treated through therapy.
Binge is our third category of eating disorder characterized by overeating and lost control in eating. The common characteristic of this disorder is overweight and obese. This is because those who suffer from bingeing do not purge. Most of the victims are suffering from guilty of eating too much and having no control. With most binge victim they avoid taking meals in the company of others, but you will find lots of empty food containers. Avoid discussing body weight around them but you can find safer ways to encourage them to reduce weight.