INTRODUCTION:

Many people are confused and worried about something that should be one pleasures of the life eating! Unfortunately" for a number of #ids and teens" that concern can lead to an obsession that can become an eating disorder! $ating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa cause dramatic weight fluctuation" interfere with normal daily life" and can permanently affect their health! %enerally" eating disorders in&ol&e self critical" negati&e thoughts and feelings about body weight and food" and eating habits that disrupt normal body function and daily acti&ities!

Classification:
The most common disorders are: '(ulimia ner&osa ' )nore*ia ner&osa '(inge eating Disorder

)nore*ia
)nore*ia is a disorder which the person restricts their feeding for an intense fear of get weight! The person has a misperception of his own body!

Types of anore*ia!
+! )nore*ia restricti&e: the person has e*treme diets to stop eating! ,! )nore*ia purgati&e: the person do a lot of e*ercise" ta#es la*ati&es" diuretics etc!

-tages of anore*ia:

a!

)cceptance the o&erweight:

+! The person #nows that is fat and should lose weight .uic#ly! ,! -tarts to do e*treme diets /! 0e eats salads or light products only! 1! -top ta#ing mil# or soft drin#s" and changes it with pure water!

b!

OCD Thought

+! The person 2ust thin#s on food and calories! ,! They $at food in small pieces and then chew it for a long ! 3! 4eople feel bad after they eat! 5! 0as headaches" stomachs! 6! 7omen lose their period 8! 0as insomnia" nightmares!

C! 4erceptual Dimorphism
+! ,! /! 1! 3! 5! Instead of s he is &ery slim" person loo#s fat in the mirror! 0as anemia! 0air fell down! If anore*ia starts before puberty" grow up stops! They lose interest in social acti&ities" and always lie! Their brain can present atrophy!

Conse.uences:
)cne Cardiac arrest amenorrhea lanugo

(rain atrophy 9idney failure Depression -uicide Death

(ulimia ner&osa:
(ulimia is a psychiatric illness in the group of disorders and eating beha&ior which the patient eats more than other people and can:t stop "and then they feel guilt that leads to acts of repentance!

Types of bulimia:
a! (ulimia ;omiting: in this type of bulimia" the conduct of remorse after o&ereating is to &omit" introducing a finger into the mouth to throw up! b! No ;omiting or Compensatory (ulimia: the conduct of remorse after o&ereating is running" e*cessi&e e*ercise or drin#s a lot of la*ati&es!

-tages of bulimia: a!
+! ) person has been dieting for se&eral years without success!

<ail diets

,! They ha&e an internal pressure and want to =correct that mista#e!> /! Then they disco&er that with &omiting cannot gain weight! They feel happy!

b!

$mergence of bulimic beha&ior:

+! The bulimic beha&iors happens with: a! restriction! The person refuses to eat! $*periences an*iety" tension (! O&ereating: They eat a lot of food &ery .uic#ly! They end up feeling &ery guilty c! ;omiting: do any of the acts of repentance" then get depressed and the cycle starts again! ,! ? ;omiting cycle is repeated twice a wee#! /! They ha&e reflu*!

C! Chronic bulimia:
+! 7hen bulimic cycle is repeated more than three times a wee#" the third stage has been started! Now the person eats" regardless of fla&or" e&en eat when he is not hungry! ,! the process of &omiting and la*ati&e stimulates the production of opioids @narcoticsA in the brain" causing an addiction of the bulimic cycle! /! )t this stage" the bulimic may e*perience #leptomania" se*ual promiscuity" drugs and alcohol abuse!

Conse.uences:

rupture of blood &essels around the eyes -e&ere headaches Inflammation of the throat

(ad breath -tomach rupture heart problems infertility!

(inge $ating Disorder:

(inge eating disorder @($DA is the most common eating disorder in the United -tates! It is not classified as a separate eating disorder! The term B(inge $ating DisorderB was coined to describe the same binging type eating beha&ior without the e*clusi&e nocturnal component! ($D usually leads to obesity although it can occur in normal weight indi&iduals! There may be a genetic inheritance factor in&ol&ed in ($D independent of other obesity ris#s and there is also a higher incidence of psychiatric comorbidity!

Signs:

<eels loss of control o&er eating during binge! $ats an unusually large amount of food at one time" far more than a normal person would eat! $ats &ery .uic#ly during binge episodes! $at when is depressed or bored! $ats large amounts of food e&en when is not really hungry! Often eats alone during periods of normal eating" owing to feelings of embarrassment about food! <eels disgusted" depressed" or guilty after binge eating! $*periences rapid weight gainCsudden onset of obesity! Is easily irritated!