Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that involve unhealthy relationships with food, body weight, and self-image. They are not just about food but are deeply connected with emotions, self-esteem, and coping mechanisms. Raising awareness is important because eating disorders can affect physical health, mental well-being, and even become life-threatening if untreated.

• Anorexia Nervosa: Extreme restriction of food intake, intense fear of gaining weight, and distorted body image.

• Bulimia Nervosa: Cycles of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors like vomiting, excessive exercise, or misuse of laxatives.

• Binge Eating Disorder (BED): Frequent episodes of eating large amounts of food without control, followed by feelings of guilt or shame.

• Biological: Genetics, hormonal imbalances, and brain chemistry.

• Psychological: Low self-esteem, perfectionism, anxiety, or depression.

• Environmental: Peer pressure, media influence, bullying, and cultural standards of beauty.

• These factors interact and increase vulnerability, especially in young people.

•   Extreme concern about body weight and shape

• Restricting or avoiding certain foods

• Binge eating episodes followed by guilt

• Purging behaviors such as vomiting or over-exercising

• Rapid weight loss or weight fluctuations

• Fatigue, dizziness, hair loss, and other physical health problems

• Withdrawal from social situations involving food
   

• Clinical Interviews: To understand eating patterns, emotions, and 

thoughts.

• Physical Examinations: Checking for malnutrition, electrolyte 

imbalance, or other health risks.

• DSM-5 Criteria: Standardized guidelines to identify the type of eating 

disorder.

• Early diagnosis is crucial because it prevents long-term damage and 

improves recovery chances.

• Medical Treatment: To address health complications caused by eating 

disorders.

• Medication: Antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications (when needed).

• Nutritional Counseling: Guidance from dietitians to restore healthy eating 

habits.

• With consistent treatment, recovery is possible for most individuals.

• Myth: Eating disorders are just about wanting to be thin.

• Fact: They are complex mental health conditions involving emotions and coping.

• Myth: Only teenage girls suffer from eating disorders.

• Fact: Eating disorders affect people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds.

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