Eating Disorders

That sounds exactly like the eating disorder known as Anorexia Nervosa, or anorexia for short.

Of course it is, if it is ok with your PCP and other physicians, if you follow instructions carefully, and if you do not become dependent on them. Your physicians should know about otc laxatives that you take, and about how you take them (frequency, dose, etc).

Excess salt consumption is associated with high blood pressure, which in turn can cause other forms of cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks.

I spent 3 hours investigating your question by talking to many different nutritionists -

Anorexia is a terrible ailment and many celebrities have met their demise via this clinical entity. To name just 17 who have had to deal with anorexia/eating disorder:

* Karen Carpenter (musician/singer)- died at the age of 32

* Margaux Hemmingway (actress)

* Christy Henrich (gymnast) - died at age 22

* Heidi Guenther (ballet) died at age 22

* Paula Abdul (dancer/singer)

* Catherine Bell (actress)

* Susan Dey (actress)

* Diana, Princess of Wales

* Sally Field (actress)

* Jane Fonda ("Hanoi Jane")

* Jane Jackson (singer/performer)

* Wyonna Judd (country singer)

* Mary-Kate Olsen (actress - The Olsen Twins)

* Sharon Osbourne (married to Ozzie)

* Cathy Rigby (gymnast)

* Meredith Vieira (anchor of Today Show)

* Oprah Winfrey

Actually half of those people didnt have anorexia,

* Karen Carpenter - Anorexia

* Margaux Hemmingway - Bulimia

* Christy Henrich - Anorexia

* Heidi Guenther - Anorexia

* Paula Abdul - Bulimia

* Catherine Bell -Bulimia

* Susan Dey - Anorexia and Bulimia

* Diana, Princess of Wales - Bulimia

* Sally Field - Bulimia

* Jane Fonda - Bulimarexia

* Janet Jackson - Bulimia

* Wyonna Judd - Bulimia

* Mary-Kate Olsen - Anorexia

* Sharon Osbourne - Bulimia

* Cathy Rigby - Bulimia

* Meredith Vieira - Anorexia

* Oprah Winfrey - Bulimia

Not many people.

It can lead to suicide and it is caused by:

• Extreme weight loss
• Thin appearance
• Intense fear of gaining weight
• Abnormal blood counts
• Fatigue
• Insomnia
• Dizziness or fainting
• Bluish discolouration of the fingers
• Hair that thins, breaks or falls out.

For anorexics, once they start losing weight they become too focused on food and weight and body and need to focus on being healthy and have a normal body/weight and not restrict. It's hard to get out of the cycle of restricting calories its like a drug- feels good in the moment, but doesn't help you but harms you in the long run. We need help because of this and have a team of therapists dieticians psychiatrists etc

I don't know too much about bulimics and binge eaters but its all the same idea. Our eating habits are out of control and we need help dealing with them and our other life problems differently so we can get our lives back.

Well the first couple times you do it; It will cause nausea, upset stomach, headaches, dehydration, diarrhea, and faintness. You will probably black out and be very light headed.

If you continuously do it, your intestines won't work without the laxatives. Your body will be dependent on them so it is not good to continuously do it. Also the more you do it the chances of causing a serious injury to yourself increase immensely.

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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.

Socially, anorexia is greatly harming our society. It is a little nagging bug on the back of society that shows us how destructive we (and the ideals) are becoming. For a perosn suffereing from anorexia, social problems can happen like isolation and depression, too.

Like anorexics, bulimics loose weight quiqly and unsafly yet anorexics loose more weight because they don't have any food in their stomach whereas bulimics still have leftover food in their stomach they didn't get get rid of. Bulimics loose more weight than anorexics.

Yes. Anorexia can appear and manifest itself in an individual in numerous different forms and stages. A person may have anorexic-like eating habits, or anorexia that is moderate or severe or anywhere in-between. There are ofetn stages, too. A person usually doe not just develop full-blown anorexia quickly. Usually, it starts out with a desire to lose weight, and some abnormal eating habits. Then, it slowly progresses. Eating habits et more un-natural and dangerous, and more weight is desired to be lost. This pattern continues often to a very dangerous and health-risk level.

the study of eating disorders

To a degree. The lack of nutrients decrease optimum function and performance throughout the entire. Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological problem while memery loss can be both a psychologocal and/or physiological problem. Committing one's self to counseling and seeking is the best course of treatment for most people.

It is not normal to throw up after eating, and one should definitely not want to throw up purposively after eating. The nutrition in food usually needs at least 12-24 hours to be fully digested. If you want to intentionally throw up after eating, you likely have an eating disorder or a digestive disorder.

There are numerous ways you could start one. You could use emotional appeal (a story of someone with one) or you could use logical appeal (facts and statistics. Maybe even a combination of the two. Just be creative.

They could be. Barbies are REALLY super skinny, and little girls play with them, and, they might feel like they're not as perfect as the barbie and may develop an eating disorder because of it, I played with barbies when I was little and it didn't bother me at all, but, everyone's different. I'd say they could be, only for some people.

If you have an eating disorder then you you will need help support and guidance to overcome it. The best place to go for information on local support groups, programs and resources is nationaleatingdisorders.org (Click on the link below to go directly to the site)

You could also develop an outpatient support team with a medical doctor, therapist, and/or dietitian or go to a treatment center. I went to Remuda Ranch and it helped me a lot. There is a website at edreferral.com/ that can help you with searching for treatment in your area. Good luck and I am proud of anyone who is willing to get help for this. It is not an easy battle, but I promise it is worth it.

its hard to get over try with small amounts of food regularly, dont try to over eat and over do yourself, small and regularly...

Cerebellar disorders cause inability to control the force, fine positioning, and speed of movements (ataxia ). Disorders of the cerebellum may also impair the ability to judge distance

Well, we look at the stars alot, the bony thin people who seem to look amazing in any clothes they wear. Alot of the stars have been anorexic, take Mary Kate, or some others. This basically screams to us, THIS IS THE WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT! But it really isn't. So much emphasis is on the way that people look that young teenagers are looking up to these people and thinking that they are NORMAL sized when the average size for a UK female is a 16. So these size 0, anorexic are the un-natural ones, not the real, curvy women. In answer to the question, YES the media has a HUGE impact on the eating habits of young people.

No. Bulimia it self is a eating disorder, while the symptoms are the same. They both usually starve themselves, but if a bulimic eats one or a few more bites of something, he/she will go and purposefully make themselves vomit.

teenagers are pressured by there peers to looking skinny and to look good/ So then teenagers stop to eat and they have eating disorders.

Well if you eat poop, you get VERY sick so i wouldn't eat it even if i was starving

If u are around 5'5 or smaller and weigh more than 140, you are considered overweight. But then if you stop eating, yes you will be anorexic. Sooner than later your body will start eating away at your muscle stores, giving you the anorexic look. Then it will start eating your fat, and then it will start eating your organs,a nd that can cause heart failure. I am an anorexic and this is the first time i have ever answered questions. i weigh 101 and I'm 5'5. I used to weigh 130. I always look online for ways to lose more weight, but trust me its not fun. I cant sleep and i cry almost every night. I'm also a compete witch now a days. I have no friends either. I pushed them all away. Some people say oh your body holds on to the fat, and that may be true for a bout a week. You'll lose a ton of weight then you will, stay the same for a while, then again your body will lose a ton of weight. But once you start eating again, you'll gain it back so fast. That's why its called Anorexia. Because you wont eat again. You hate food like i do. You hate living like i do.

You might, but maybe not too. Many people obsess about their weight and never do anything destruction to themselves. If it making your life miserable, you should find someone to talk to about it and certainly see someone if you start feeling like doing something.