Eating Disorder Research Paper

A: An eating disorder is a psychological disorder that involves drastic fear of weight gain and makes people feel very self conscious about their body and how they look. The main types of eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa which is marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, very restrictive eating nearly to the point of eating nothing at all, and/or a lot of physical exercise to try to work off all of the calories that they have eaten. There is also Bulimia Nervosa which is marked by frequent food binges, in which a person eats a whole lot of food and tries to purge the body of the food through either vomiting, laxative use, or excess exercise. People with Bulimia are much like Anorexics because they want to try and manage their weight …show more content…
An eating disorder can be caused by a number of things, however, most of the time, eating disorders are caused by a negative self esteem because the person may feel too fat, or they may see a false sense of beauty on tv and feel like they have to look like that in order to be beautiful when in reality, the body they want is not achievable. People may also turn to eating disorders if they feel as if their lives are out of control and they want to have a better sense of control of some things. An eating disorder can be prevented by having a high self esteem and self worth and seeing that you are already good enough and not trying to have the body of someone else, as well as through knowledge of nutrition and healthy eating …show more content…
The complications of this disorder are because of the result of frequent purging and vomiting, which severely damages the digestive tract, as well as a lack of nutrients which causes damage to the entire body and all of it's functions much like with Anorexia.

Binge Eating Disorder: Diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack, stroke. All of the complications from this eating disorder occur as a result of too much of one type of food, mostly sugary foods enter the body and the body does not use it all, so it stores the rest as fat and it results in health complications.

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Anorexia: thinness, obsession with food and weight control, feeling "fat" as a result of negative body image, portioning food carefully, weighing food, weighing oneself regularly, withdraw from social events and any activities that may involve the person eating food, excessive exercise on a regular basis, avoiding different foods because of fear of gaining

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Eating Disorders Research Paper

Eating Disorders Research Paper

Eating Disorders Research Paper