| Eating disorders also called is Anorexia
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| | Amenorrhea (absence of menstrual cycles)
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| nervosa and Bulimia. Eating disorders is
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| | or delayed onset of puberty and menarche.
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| important to recognize that each factor
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| | Parents may first suspect a problem when
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| plays a role in predisposing,
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| | they discover large amounts of food are
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| precipitating, or perpetuating the
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| | missing from the pantry or the
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| problem. Anorexia nervosa compulsive
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| | refrigerator, though it's hard to imagine
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| eating are the most common among such
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| | one child could have eaten so much.
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| young children, but there are cases of
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| | Mothers with eating disorders may have a
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| bulimia being reported. It is usually
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| | difficult time feeding their infants and
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| begins at the age of fourteen or fifteen,
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| | young children and will further effect
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| with another peak in incidence in
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| | the child. Often the family environment
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| eighteen year olds. It is estimated that
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| | will be less cohesive, more conflicted,
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| 40% of nine year olds have already dieted
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| | and less supportive. People with bulimia
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| and we are beginning to see four and five
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| | may be anywhere from underweight, to
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| year olds expressing the need to diet.
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| | normal weight, to overweight. It is
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| It's a shame that children so young are
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| | estimated that as much as 3% of
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| being robbed of their childhoods.
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| | college-aged women have bulimia. Other
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| Children raised in a dysfunctional family
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| | signs found in teens with eating
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| are at a higher risk for developing an
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| | disorders include having dry and brittle
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| eating disorder. In a home where physical
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| | hair, losing hair, and having muscle
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| or abuse is taking place, the child may
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| | wasting.
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| turn to an eating disorder to gain a
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| | Treatment of eating disorders is slow and
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| sense of control. Children may also
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| | difficult (and sometimes requires
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| develop eating disorders as a way of
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| | hospitalization) and should be overseen
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| dealing with the many emotions that they
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| | by a mental health. Exercise is also an
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| feel, especially if they are raised in a
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| | important part of everyone's life and we
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| home that does not allow feelings to be
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| | need to help our children become involved
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| expressed. Children who are compulsive
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| | in physical activity. Patients with
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| eaters are usually using food to help
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| | anorexia also require nutritional and
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| them deal with feelings of anger,
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| | medical intervention to make dietary. Do
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| sadness, hurt, loneliness, abandonment,
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| | not criticize your own or your child's
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| fear and pain. There are many serious
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| | weight, shape or size. Different types
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| complications of anorexia, including
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| | of therapy can help treat binge eating
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| fainting from low blood pressure,
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| | disorder. For example, family therapy and
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| electrolyte disorders, being intolerant
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| | cognitive behavioral therapy teach people
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| to cold, constipation, decreased energy,
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| | techniques to monitor and change their
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| changes in mood, anemia, kidney failure
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| | eating habits and the way they respond to
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| and osteoporosis (brittle bones).
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| | stress. Family therapy includes the whole
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| Eating disorders can cause heart and
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| | family in the process of helping the
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| kidney problems and even death. Genetic
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| | individual. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
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| attributes and it is more common in
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| | combines the approach of helping the
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| children who have a first-degree relative
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| | individual change their self-defeating
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| with an eating disorder. Children are at
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| | thoughts with changing their behavior.
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| a risk for developing an eating disorder
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| | Counseling also helps patients look at
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| if the parents themselves are to
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| | relationships they have with others and
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| preoccupied with appearance and weight.
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| | helps them work on areas that cause them
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| Eating disorder risk factors is purging
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| | anxiety. Weight-control programs are
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| behaviors (vomiting or using diuretics
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| | helpful for some people affected by binge
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| (water pills) or laxatives to lose
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| | eating. The medical treatment of bulimia
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| weight). Restrictive eating patterns,
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| | has concentrated on antidepressants ,
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| which can lead to a failure to gain
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| | particularly fluoxetine, which has been
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| weight or to being underweight and can
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| | found to decrease binge eating and
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| include skipping meals, fasting, or
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| | vomiting for about two-thirds of bulimic
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| eliminating entire food groups.
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| | patients.
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