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Experts have established a number of reasons into the causes of different types of eating disorders although they have not narrowed these down to any one cause. A person with an eating disorder may have a number or just one of the following factors which leads them to stuffing, starving and purging themselves.
Biological Factors Causing […]

Bulimia is one of the most commonly talked about eating disorders. Individuals that are afflicted with the disorder tend to eat large meals that can be upwards of thousands of calories, which they then ‘purge’ through one of many methods. Most commonly, bulimics purge their bodies of the nutritional value of food by inducing vomiting. […]

Eating disorder is a serious problem that affects a person’s entire self-image. But eating disorders can also have a serious effect on a person’s health. Many times, these health consequences can result in life threatening conditions. Any one who is suffering from an eating disorder should seek immediate care from a health professional. Here are […]

An eating disorder is usually described as an extreme compulsion to eat (or the lack of it), which has negative effects on your body and disturbs your physical health. Although there are several types of eating disorders known to medicine, the most common trio is that composed of bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and the Binge […]

Dealing with an eating disorder can be a very tough thing to do. Many people don’t realize exactly how those with an eating disorder feel about their situation, and if you are anorexic or bulimic, you likely know all too well about the mental and physical trauma that sufferers experience. In this article, we’ll examine […]

In the first and second parts of our article, we talked about two of the most common eating disorders of today, namely bulimia and anorexia. In the current (and last) part, we will talk about two conditions that can pass as eating disorders on their own, although they are more commonly referred to as springboards […]

In the first part of this article, we have covered the most important types of eating disorder categories currently known to medicine and we started off with a brief explanation on how bulimia appears, how it can be treated and what its effects are. In this second part, we’ll focus on one of the most […]

There are a number of treatment recommendations for treating eating disorders and generally speaking, the more treatment components that are included in the treatment plan the quicker the patient will progress towards a recovery.
Some of the usual characteristics are listed below:
* prescribed medication to relieve anxiety and depression
* hospitalization to prevent medical crisis such as […]

An eating disorder can generally be described as a condition where an individual’s nutrition is not handled properly, which can lead to severe damage to his or her body. The elements that cause these disorders, the way they affect the body and how the sufferer handles these aspects can be different with each type of […]

In the first part of the article, we concluded that there are two major elements that drive any eating disorder, namely a psychological and an emotional one. Since we covered the psychological causes and treatments in the first part, it’s time to see how our emotions come into play when an eating disorder occurs. It […]