Eating+Disorders

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Definition:
Eating disorders is a category of mental disorders in which eating behaviors go far beyond most people's everyday experience with trying to lose weight. pg. 321 Related topics: anorexia and bulemia Chapter 11 pages 321-322

Examples:
Examples of eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

Binge-eating disorder
With binge-eating disorder a person loses control over his or her eating. Unlike bulimia nervosa, periods of binge-eating are not followed by purging, excessive exercise, or fasting. As a result, people with binge-eating disorder often are over-weight or obese. People with binge-eating disorder who are obese are at higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure.9 They also experience guilt, shame, and distress about their binge-eating, which can lead to more binge-eating. ===[|**Bulimia**]===

Analogies:
> A young person with an eating disorder may ask for help and then deny that she wants it, like someone who has an intruder in her home and calls 911 but, when help arrives, finds that the intruder is standing at her back with a gun, forcing her to say everything is all right after all. After some time living with the illness and giving up hope of being rescued, the young person may also start thinking of the intruder as her protector, believing that it is better to live with the eating disorder than to give it up for some other coping mechanism which may not work. When parents bring the young person for treatment, she experiences the professional who treats her as an unhelpful or dangerous alternative to her protector, the eating disorder.

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In the News:
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