What is an eating disorder?

Answer 1

An eating disorder is a condition that makes people eat more, less, or throw up after eating. An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one's physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person's life. An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one's physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person's life.

Answer 2

There are many eating disorders out there. The common ones are....

* Anorexia

* Bulimia

* Orthorexia

* Compulsive over-eating

* Binge-eating disorder

* Yo-Yo Dieting

Most eating disorders fall under the category of EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Spcified), though.

Answer 3

Eating disorder is either an uncontrollable overeating or lost of desire to eat which negatively affects physical and mental norms of a particular person. Anorexia and bulimia are the two common forms of eating disorders which really needs immediate attention both medically and psychologically.

Answer 4

Eating disorder = Any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits (such as anorexia nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa). Often, someone with an eating disorder will have a distorted body image.

Self-harm = a person, often with low self-steem or who is experiancing something they are finding difficult to deal with; causes physical harm to themselves ( such as cutting or burning). They use self-harm as a coping mechanism.

Both of these are mental disorders.

Answer 5

Eating disorders are a group of serious conditions in which you're so preoccupied with food and weight that you can often focus on little else. The main types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.

Answer 6

Eating disorders are not something that young girls and young women suffer from. Eating disorders can affect anyone that has a negative body image or that feels the need to control their eating habits. Eating disorders include anorexia, which is the process of avoiding food at all costs and/or eating only enough to survive, such as lettuce and drinking water. The other common type of eating disorder is bulimia. Bulimia is the eating disorder where sufferers eat anything they want and then force themselves to throw up everything they've eaten. Both disorders are very deadly diseases that require immediate medical attention.

Answer 7

eating disorders are when someone thinks they look to fat or is unhappy with themselfes and needs some control. They dont eat or eat alot and puke to make themselfs feel better.

Answer 8

An eating disorder is characterized by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individuals physical and emotional health.

Answer 9

when u throw up after eating to much