How to Get Rid of Eating Disorders? (Help and Recovery)

Do not take the eating disorders lightly. There are instances where people have gone to hospital and even died because of the eating disorders. Whether it is eating too much or eating too less, both of them are matter of concerns. Refer to the articles below to know more on eating disorders and find the right cure for the same.

Scarry but true, eating disorders can kill. Here we bring to you what they are all about and how to keep them at bay...

Keeping up with Jonese was never so tough. Just buying the latest fashion trend won't do, you also have to be stick-thin to flaunt them. What starts as an activity to control your weight soon turns into a full time obsession. And then the eating disorders strike. And believe us there is nothing trendy about eating disorders, they can easily be categorized in the same class as depression or substance abuse. And whats more, most of the times accompanied by them, but there is hope...

Why and What of Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are not due to a failure of will or behaviour.
Eating disorder frequently develop during adolescence and early adulthood, but some reports indicate their onset can occur during childhood or later.
Eating disorders can be accompanied by depression, substance abuse and anxiety disorders.
There can be health complications including heart conditions and kiney failures which may lead to death.
Girls are much more likely than guys to develop an eating disorder.

Eating Disorder	Short Description
List of Eating Disorders
Bulimia Nervosa	This refers to episodes of uncontrolled excessive eating, which are also termed 'binges'. There is a preoccupation with food and a habitual adoption of certain behaviours that can be understood as the patient's attempts to avoid the fattening effects of periodic binges.
Anorexia Nervosa	Case register data suggest a rate of 1-10 per 100 000 females aged between 15 and 34 years. Surveys have suggested a prevalence rate of 1-2% among schoolgirls and university students. There is a higher prevalence in higher social classes, and a high rate in certain occupational groups (e.g. ballet dancers and nurses) and in societies where cultural value is placed on thinness.
Binge Eating Disorder	This is bulimia without the vomiting and other weight-reducing strategies.
Childhood Eating Disorders	Picky eaters, compulsive overeaters, and food phobic kids are most likely not eating disordered in the sense that we have known these diseases. There are 3 feeding and eating disorders of infancy or early childhood. The first is Pica, in which the child persistently eats non-nutritive substances for at least one month.
Compulsive eating disorder	People suffering with Compulsive Overeating have what is characterized as an "addiction" to food, using food and eating as a way to hide from their emotions, to fill a void they feel inside, and to cope with daily stresses and problems in their lives.
Obesity	This is the commonest eating disorder, which has become epidemic in some developed countries.

Facts and Tips about Eating Disorder

Eating disorders is a complex psychological disorder which involves instability in eating pattern and results in both physical and emotional damage.
Anorexia nervosa, orthorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, compulsive overeating and binge eating, obesity, and pica are various types of eating disorders.
Eating disorders may lead to critical health problems, anemia, dehydration, loss of periods, heart problems, kidney failure, malnutrition and even death.
Teenagers or adolescents and specifically girls are mostly affected by eating disorders. In many cases athletes and dancers are also affected by eating disorders.
Eating disorders is well treated with mental health therapy, nutritional counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy and by self monitoring.