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Anorexia usually has two main causes: body image and need for control. If you work on liking yourself, and thinking that you are great the way you are, that will help the first part. The other part is when people feel out of control of their lives, sometimes they start trying to have *extra* control of something specific, like eating. Working on being able to make your own choices and have your own opinions will help with that part. If someone is already anorexic, the best thing to do is talk to a therapist to try to change the way you think about certain things... sometimes we all need help to change. Difficult question, we are learning more about this illness all the time. It is more prevalent in the US and in young women/girls. It is characterized by a distorted body self-image, one where th individual sees themselves as obese or fear of being obese. The cause is unknown, but may have to do with parenting, the media, and western cultures fascination with perfection, manifested in movies, models, magazine covers, and television. In the last 50 years or so, the ideal woman has shifted from the full figured woman to todays very thin, boney woman with breast implants. As parents you may be able to avoid creating a child with this eating disorder with unconditional love and acceptance. It is not healthy to be obese, but too much focus on being thin can create a distorted self-image in a young mind. Not everyone can have the "perfect" body, set an example for your children by eating a well balanced diet and getting plenty of exercise. Get them involved in sports and extracurricular activities, do not degrade them if they are overweight, genetics plays a huge role in your body type, which is something none of us has any control over. Do not make your child clean their plate, and do not let them eat junk food, they learn at an early age that they can skip the dinner prepared for them and have a junk food snack later. Peer pressure may also play a role, but this is something parents have very little control over. If your child is overweight do not make it a major issue, praise them for their accomplishments, whether they are in sports, art, music, academics, or whatever, let them know you love them and they are beautiful inside and outside.
What else can I help you with?
Which eating disorder leads to a person becoming obese?
binge eating disorder
What is eating diorders?
An eating disorder is a psychological disorder in which the person has disturbed or abnormal eating habits. Anorexia and bulimia are eating disorders.
Is an eating disorder in which a person frequently eats a large amount of food then vomet?
Bulimia is the eating disorder.
What is one symptom that all people with an eating disorder have?
Every person with an eating disorder has an unhealthy relationship with food.
Does a person with eating disorder qualify for disability benefits?
no
Symptoms of this eating disorder might include being overweight and feelings of poor self -control during excessive overeating?
With symptoms like that, a person may be suffering from a binge-eating disorder, a compulsive-over-eating disorder, or an emotional eating disorder.
Can someone tell me if I have an eating disorder?
Because this is a medical issue, the first person to ask is your family doctor. If they can not help you directly, they will send you to a person who can determine if you have an eating disorder and help you if you do.
What role do family relationships play in a person's eating disorder?
Family and friends (all relationships, really) play a large role in a person's eating disroder. It can cause an eating disorder or cause it to be worse, but, on the other hand, support can help a person with an eating disroder to recover.
Famous person who has died from an eating disorder?
Karen Carpenter
Where can one find treatment centers for people with an eating disorder?
One can find treatment centers for people with an eating disorder by visiting a local hospital. They are able to refer the person who has an eating disorder to a treatment center that will help them out.
Eating disorder that involves starvation?
Anorexia Nervosa is the eating disorder in which a person chooses to starve themselves. There are many characteristics that define an anorectic person. Anorexia is a deadly disease that is not to be taken lightly.
Why might 2 different magazines affect a person with an eating disorder?
The things is that, the person with eating disorder eats, uncontrolled and they wont think at all before eating, so in magazine what ever they see, they use to thing of having dat, and this affects their eating habit.
