All Entries in the "Eating Disorders" Category
Essential Nutritional Tips For Anorexia Nervosa!
Anorexia nervosa is a common illness which is mostly seen in teenage girls and women.
Not only girls, it can also affect boys and men, but theses cases are very rare.
People with this eating disorder are mainly possessed with the food and their normal body weight.
Anorexia nervosa is more importantly a psychic disorder, in [...]
Pica Eating Disorder Common In People Who Have Developmental Disabilities!
The word pica came from the Latin word magpie. Magpie is the name of the bird which is known for its large and indiscriminate appetite.
Pica is the eating disorder and this problem will be mostly seen in the people who have developmental disabilities such as autism and mental retardation.
This disorder is mostly [...]
Anorexia Common Among Teenage Girls!
The desire to have a beautiful and slim body makes girls and women to take drastic actions. Even the society also puts lots of pressure on young girls by supporting exaggerated physical features as ideals of beauty.
Therefore, teenage girls try to improve physical appearance and develop eating disorders.
Teenage girls with anorexia [...]
Eating Disorders Can Affect Emotional And Physical Health!
Every year, many individuals are affected with serious and life threatening eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and compulsive eating.
If the disorder is left untreated, the psychological, emotional and physical consequences can be fatal and devastating.
Eating disorders involve serious disturbances in behavior of eating such as severe over eating, [...]
Pregnancy May Increase Risk Of Developing Binge Eating Disorder
Pregnancy may open a window of vulnerability for developing binge eating disorder, especially for women from lower socio-economic situations, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers and colleagues in Norway.
For related information on binge eating during pregnancy, visit:
http://www.sciencedaily.com
Eating disorders are becoming more common [...]
Bulimia – A Serious Eating Disorder Among Women!
Eating disorder will lead to bulimia. It is a disease which occurs due to eating large amount of food with in short period of time.
Bulimia is also known as bulimia nervosa. People with bulimia force to eat food quickly (binge) and then purge (vomit).
Purging involves various activities such as forced vomiting, [...]
