Eating Disorder

1. Eating Disorder By: Di’Shaya Adams

2. Definition Of Eating Disorder Eatingdisorder is a serious condition characterized by uncontrollable eating and a resulting weight gain. Eating disorders are serious mental health disorders in which emotions and thinking patterns cause a person to adopt harmful eating habits, such as overeating or starving.

3. Symptoms Of Eating Disorder • Frequent episodes of eating what others would consider an abnormally large amount of food. • Frequent feelings of being unable to control what or how much is being eaten. • Anorexia is an attempt to control your life and emotions. Your self-esteem is based entirely on how much you weigh and how thin you are. • You view weight loss as a way to achieve happiness. Becoming thin is all that matters; health is not a concern.

4. Effects Of Eating Disorder • Many people who have binge eating disorder use food as a way to cope with uncomfortable feelings and emotions. • These are people who never learned how to properly deal with stress, and find it comforting and soothing to eat food. • Unfortunately, they often end up feeling sad and guilty about not being able to control their eating, which increases the stress and fuels the cycle. • One thing is certain about anorexia. Severe calorie restriction has dire physical effects. When your body doesn’t get the fuel it needs to function normally, it goes into starvation mode and slows down to conserve energy. • Your body begins to consume itself. If self-starvation continues and more body fat is lost, medical complications pile up and your body and mind pay the price.

5. Treatment Options • Eating disorders require a comprehensive treatment plan that is adjusted to meet the needs of each patient. • The goal of treatment for binge eating disorder is to help the person gain control over his or her eating behavior.

6. Works Citied • http://women.webmd.com/guide/mental-health-binge-eating-disorder