Eating Disorders
Christie Roberts
Psychology 102
Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a compulsion in which the main problem is a person eats in a way which disturbs their physical health. The eating may be too excessive (compulsive over-eating), too limited (restricting), may include normal eating punctuated with episodes of purging, may include cycles of binging and purging, or may encompass the ingesting of non-foods. ( Dictionary) Most eating disorders start before the age of 20, although anyone of any age can develop them. Many adults even seek perfessional help to help them through their problem. There are three major types of eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.
Anorexia Nervosa is the most common eating disorder and has the most drastic appalling results. Estimates are that one of two hundred females from ages 10-30 suffer from anorexia nervosa (Frissell and Harney). A person with the disorder has qualities of low self-esteem, low opinion......
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