Anorexia Nervos A Food Health Issue
Anorexia Nervosa: A Food Health Issue
“There is a commonly held view that eating disorders are a lifestyle choice. Eating disorders are actually serious and often fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder.” say the National Institute of Mental Health. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
People with anorexia nervosa may see themselves as overweight, even when they are dangerously underweight. Those who have anorexia nervosa usually restrict the number of calories and types of food they eat. Anorexia can affect people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, race and even ethnicities. …show more content…
Its an unhealthy way to cope with emotional problems. When you have anorexia, you often equate thinness with self-worth. According to the Mayo clinic, Anorexia can be very difficult to overcome. But with treatment, you can gain a better sense of who you are, return to a healthier eating habits and reverse some of anorexia's serious complications. There is many symptoms when it comes to Anorexia. Physical signs and symptoms include: extreme weight loss, thin appearance, abnormal blood counts, dizziness or fainting, hair that thins, breaks or falls out, soft downy hair covering the body, absence of menstruation, constipation, and many more. Emotional behavioral signs and symptoms may include: preoccupation with food, refusal to eat, fear of gaining weight, lying about how much food has been eaten, flat mood (Lack of emotion), social withdrawal, depressed mood, and even thoughts of …show more content…
A person who is suffering from anorexia nervosa binge/ purge type, will purge when he or she eats. This is typically a result of the overwhelming feelings of guilt a suffer would experience in relation to eating. They compensate by vomiting, abusing laxatives, or excessively exercising. When someone is dealing with Restrictive Anorexia Nervosa, the individual will fiercely limit the quantity of food consumes, characteristically ingesting a minimal amount that is well below their body’s caloric needs, effectively slowly starving him or herself. Though two classifications of anorexia nervosa exist, both types exhibit similar symptoms, such as irrational fear of weight gain and abnormal eating
“There is a commonly held view that eating disorders are a lifestyle choice. Eating disorders are actually serious and often fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder.” say the National Institute of Mental Health. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
People with anorexia nervosa may see themselves as overweight, even when they are dangerously underweight. Those who have anorexia nervosa usually restrict the number of calories and types of food they eat. Anorexia can affect people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, race and even ethnicities. …show more content…
Its an unhealthy way to cope with emotional problems. When you have anorexia, you often equate thinness with self-worth. According to the Mayo clinic, Anorexia can be very difficult to overcome. But with treatment, you can gain a better sense of who you are, return to a healthier eating habits and reverse some of anorexia's serious complications. There is many symptoms when it comes to Anorexia. Physical signs and symptoms include: extreme weight loss, thin appearance, abnormal blood counts, dizziness or fainting, hair that thins, breaks or falls out, soft downy hair covering the body, absence of menstruation, constipation, and many more. Emotional behavioral signs and symptoms may include: preoccupation with food, refusal to eat, fear of gaining weight, lying about how much food has been eaten, flat mood (Lack of emotion), social withdrawal, depressed mood, and even thoughts of …show more content…
A person who is suffering from anorexia nervosa binge/ purge type, will purge when he or she eats. This is typically a result of the overwhelming feelings of guilt a suffer would experience in relation to eating. They compensate by vomiting, abusing laxatives, or excessively exercising. When someone is dealing with Restrictive Anorexia Nervosa, the individual will fiercely limit the quantity of food consumes, characteristically ingesting a minimal amount that is well below their body’s caloric needs, effectively slowly starving him or herself. Though two classifications of anorexia nervosa exist, both types exhibit similar symptoms, such as irrational fear of weight gain and abnormal eating