Eating Disorder Types...
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Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa, more commonly known as anorexia, is an eating disorder that manifests itself through an intense fear of gaining weight and body fat, and results in...
Binge Eating Disorder
Those suffering from binge eating disorder regularly consume a large amount of food in one sitting but do not regularly purge this food by vomiting or taking la...
Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa more commonly known as bulimia, is an eating disorder that manifests itself through binge eating followed by purging behaviours such as vomiting or...
Compulsive Exercising
Compulsive exercising when associated with an eating disorder, can lead to serious physical injury and even death. Generally compulsive exercising is associated with...
Eating Disorders & Slimming Pills
Many people, young women in particular, believe their weight loss will be made quicker and easier by using slimming pills. This route of weight loss can lead to an abuse...
Eating Disorders in Older People
Eating disorders are generally viewed as problems that occur in young women and girls. This is not true as they can affect anyone at any age, men and the older...
Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified
Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) is a diagnosis of an eating disorder that does not meet the criteria for a specific category of...
Orthorexia - a New Eating Disorder?
When most people think of eating disorders then conjure up images of skeletal girls who either starve them selves or make themselves vomit; these are typical...
Pica Disorder
Pica Disorder is a relatively rare eating disorder in which an individual ingests non-food substances such as chalk, soil, paper, plaster, paint chips and more. Since...
What is an Eating Disorder?
“Eating disorder” is a phrase that describes conditions in which individuals engage in disordered eating. Eating disorders are not simply poor eating habits but are...
What is Geophagy?
Geophagy is an eating disorder in which an individual ingests earthy substances, such as chalk,soil, mud and clay. Geophagy is not a common disorder, so relatively few...
