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Yes, very much so. Anorexia and bulimia are two of the most common eating disroders that affect some of the most people who suffer from eating disroders. Here are some others, along with some of their characteristics / common notations...
Binge-Eating: Compulsive over-eating, weight gain, lack of control over food, emotional eating
Athletica / Athletic Triad: Not eating enough, exercising too much, compulsive relations of food and exercise
Orthorexia: Only eating foods that are natural / organic, fear of processed or pre-packaged foods, obsession with healthy foods, people of this tend to be vegen / raw-foodists
EDNOS: (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified) This is actually one of the most common forms of eating disorders. It simply means that a person suffers from an eating disorder that does not fit well enough into another category. For example, if a person mixes anorexia and bulimia, it might be an EDNOS.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere are actually dozens of eating disroders out there. Usually, about 6 or 7 have specifically named conditions. Almost all others fall under the category of EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified).
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∙ 12y ago3 eating disorders are bulimia, binge eating disorder, and anorexia. These are the only ones I know about.
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Names of the 3 eating disorders?
There are far more than 3 eating disroders out there. The three most common are anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating / compulsive over eating.
Are more likely to suffer from bulimia and anorexia nervosa?
Women are more likely and most people from ages 11- 19 are more common to suffer either bulimia and anorexia nervosa, but adults can suffer from these eating disorders too.
Which of these eating disorders is more likely to affect men than woman bulimia nervosa anorexia nervosa chronic dieting muscle dysmorphia?
Anorexia nervosa
What is anorexia and bulimia?
Both bulimia and anorexia are eating disorders. Bulimia is characterized by excessive over-eating (called bingeing), followed by forcefully throwing up or using harsh laxatives (called purging) to rid the body of the food as quickly as possible. Anorexia is where a person severly limits the amount of calories that they consume in a day and exercise excessively to burn off even more calories.
What are four eating disorders?
-Anorexia Nervosa -Bulimia Nervosa -Binge Eating disorder -orthorexia Just to name a few. There are many many more.
What is eating disorder How many types waht are they What are treatments and What iis the implication for copunselling?
The two major eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Go to web site http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/eating-disorders-2 for more details on these and other eating disorders.
Is bulimia or anorexia the worse of the two eating disorders?
Although thaey are both deadly disorders, bulimia is probably more dangerous because it can tear your asophagus, cause tooth decay, or in rare cases, can even give you gastritis.
Where can I learn more about eating disorders online?
A good website is somethingfishy.com. There you will find information about various eating disorders. Anorexia is an abnormal perception that one's body is fat. Bulimia is similar but instead of not eating the person forces themselves to throw up all the food. There are other disorders in which a person compulsively overeats.
Which one of these eating disorders is more likly to affect men than women?
While an eating disorder can affect either gender equally, more women tend to suffer from anorexia and bulimia while more men tend to suffer from muscle dysmorphia, protein abuse, and anorexia athletica.
How is Anorexia and Bulimia related to unbalanced diet?
I'm not quite sure what you're asking...? Anorexia and/or bulimia can cause an 'unbalanced diet' and lack of nutrients to the body, but you do not simply 'get' and eating disorder from and unbalanced diet. An eating disorder is not just 'not eating' or other eating disorder behaviors, but much more extensive, involving mental and emotional patterns as well as the eating habits. (Or lack thereof. Ha.)
Which of these eating disorders is more likely to affect men than woman bulimia nervosa chronic dieting anorexia nervosa muscle dysmorphia?
bulimia / anorexia - eating disroders, women are more affected than men by a 9 : 1 ratio. chronic dieting - women tend to diet significantly mroe than men do. muscle dysmorphia - can affect both men and women equally.
Compare and contrast anorexia vs bulimia?
Both anorexia and bulimia are dangerous eating disorders that can be potentially fatal. Each had many risks, side effects, and consequences. Both EDs are found primarily in girls between the ages of 12 and 28 in middle- to upper-class families. Both are eating disorders related to the desparate desire to lose weight. Bulimia is far more common than anorexia is. Bulimics will binge and the purge to lose weight, while anorexics will mainly tightly restrict their calorie intake and then exercsie excessively to burn off even more calories. Anorexia has a higher fatality rate from the actual disorder, while bulimia has a higher suicide rate (as it is far less effective) and a higher fatality due to complications and medical side effects.
