Anorexia: This eating disorder individuals starve themselves. Why? Because there is an extreme fear of becoming fat. Besides not eating they will, exercise, take diet pills or purge.
Bulimia: This is a very destructive eating disorder. People tend to over eat then purge. Purging as we all know involves vomiting the food that was consumed in order to get rid of the extra calories. They will also exercise, fast or take laxatives as well.
Binge Eating: People with this eating disorder are compulsive overeaters. They eat fast consuming thousands of calories in a short period of time. They are unable to control the amount of food they eat and will continue to eat EVEN when they are so full it is uncomfortable.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Types Of Eating Disorders
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anorexia,
bulimia,
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Diamond...it's good that you raise awareness about this. Dr. Phil had an anorexic 29 year old woman on his show the other day. It was absolutely shocking.
People need to know about this.
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