death by starvation
No. Primarily because dieting does not lead to eating disorders. Dieting, especially excessive dieting, is a symptom of eating disorders. The eating disorder, actually the mental/emotional dysfunction that leads to the disorder, leads to the dieting.
Anorexia is characterized as an eating diorder in which a person starves or severly limits food / nutritional intake and excessively works out to lose weight in an extreme form of dieting. It is classified in different cases as an eating disorder, a physical disorder, and a mental disorder / form of a mental instability.
It varies per eating disorder, and per individual. But those who suffer from eating disorder literally are addicted to food and their body image. Though it may not be like a drug or alcohol or cigarette addiction, people with eating disorders are "addicted" to the idea that they must go to extreme dieting measures to look a certain way. They may be addicted to bingeing and purging (vomiting or laxative abuse, bulimia), starvation / fasting (anorexia), exercise, yo-yo dieting, caffeine, or many other things as a result of their eating disorder.
An estimated 1 in every 200 people suffers from an eating disorder. On the other hand, 1 in 5 or so people suffers from disordered eating (chronic dieting, yo-yo dieting, addicted to fast food, ect.).
Binge-Eating.
Both anorexia and bulimia are eating disorders where extreme dieting is used to lose weight. Anorexia is not eating or strictly limiting the food eaten, while bulimia is mostly throwing up after meals. Both disorders are commonly thought to originate as a mental disorder, possibly linkd to Body Dismorohic Disorder (BDD). Each can cause serious health risks and problmes. In sever cases, both can become fatal.
EDNOS, also known as Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. Strict dieting and wish to lose weight are symptoms of anorexia, binge eating and possible throwing up to keep the weight off are the symptoms of bulimia.
anorexia
Binge eating or complusive over-eating.
Eating disorders can take many forms and habits. Common EDs include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder (BED), orthorexia, anorexia athletica, compulisve-over-eating disorder (CO-ED), and many also fall into the category of eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS).
Fear of eating and gaining weight is a common sign / symptom of an eating disroder.
Usually, yes. Eating disorder implies a more specific problem. Disorded eating is more of a broad and loose term. interchangeably not really an Eating Disorder is a full blown psychological illness Disordered Eating is often used when its not yet full blown...or when the person is in recovery but still struggling a little. The problem is most people in western society has disordered eating....it can be considered disordered when the person is constantly dieting ("Yo Yo dieting") or just plain isn't eating healthy..which is everyone.....I don't like to use "Disorder Eating" when talking about Eating Disorders....they are different..Disordered Eating isn't severe and doesnt usually require professional help whereas Eating Disorders are serious deadly addictions that require years of professional help...the problem with disordered eating is it can easily become an Eating Disorder