| Eating disorders that are increasing among teens | | | | childhood or later in adulthood. In addition, people |
| and kids, especially among young women. Read | | | | who suffer from eating disorders can experience |
| on to understand more about how an eating | | | | a wide range of physical health complications, |
| disorder can affect Eating disorders are often | | | | including serious heart conditions and kidney failure |
| described as an outward expression of internal | | | | which may lead to death.Eating Disorders are |
| emotional pain and confusion. Eating disorders | | | | about being convinced that your whole |
| afflict millions of people, thousands of which will die | | | | self-esteem is hinged on. Eating Disorders are |
| from them yearly. There is good news though, | | | | about attempting to control your life and |
| eating disorders can be beaten. An eating disorder | | | | emotions through food/lack of food. A person |
| involves a distorted pattern of thinking about food | | | | with anorexia nervosa typically starves himself or |
| and size/weight: there is a preoccupation and | | | | herself to be thin and experiences excessive |
| obsession with food, as well as an issue of control | | | | weight loss, typically 15% below the weight that |
| or lack of control around food and its | | | | doctors consider ideal for his or her height and |
| consumption. Eating is controlled by many factors, | | | | age. A child with anorexia or bulimia may |
| including appetite, food availability, family, peer, and | | | | experience dehydration as well as other medical |
| cultural practices, and attempts at voluntary | | | | complications. Anorexia may affect a child's |
| control. Dieting to a body weight leaner than | | | | growth, bone mass, cause puberty delays, an |
| needed for health is highly promoted by current | | | | irregular heartbeat and blood pressure problems, |
| fashion trends, sales campaigns for special foods, | | | | and gastrointestinal problems. Treatment of |
| and in some activities and professions. Eating | | | | anorexia calls for a specific program that involves |
| disorders involve serious disturbances in eating | | | | three main phases: (1) restoring weight lost to |
| behavior, such as extreme and unhealthy | | | | severe dieting and purging; (2) treating |
| reduction of food intake or severe overeating, as | | | | psychological disturbances such as distortion of |
| well as feelings of distress or extreme concern | | | | body image, low self-esteem, and interpersonal |
| about body shape or weight.These are also the | | | | conflicts; and (3) achieving long-term remission and |
| three most common eating disorders. Eating | | | | rehabilitation, or full recovery.Eating Disorders |
| disorders can cause heart and kidney problems | | | | Treatment Tips1. Treatment can include medical |
| and even death.Eating disorders frequently | | | | supervision, nutritional counseling, and therapy.2. |
| co-occur with other psychiatric disorders such as | | | | Supportive group therapy may follow, and |
| depression, substance abuse, and anxiety | | | | self-help groups within communities may provide |
| disorders. The main types of eating disorders are | | | | ongoing support.3. Behavioral therapy has proven |
| anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. A third | | | | effective in achieving this goal.4. Psychotherapy |
| type, binge-eating disorder. Eating disorders are | | | | has proven effective in helping to prevent the |
| not due to a failure of will or behavior; rather, | | | | eating disorder from recurring and in addressing |
| they are real, treatable medical illnesses in which | | | | issues that led to the disorder.5. Family members |
| certain maladaptive patterns of eating take on a | | | | or other trusted individuals can be helpful in |
| life of their own. Eating disorders frequently | | | | ensuring.6. Certain selective serotonin reuptake |
| develop during adolescence or early adulthood, but | | | | inhibitors (SSRIs) have been shown to be helpful |
| some reports indicate their onset can occur during | | | | for weight maintenance. |