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A. Any of various psychological disorders, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, that involve insufficient or excessive food intake.
Sci-Tech Encyclopedia: Eating disorders
Disorders characterized by abnormal eating behaviors and beliefs about eating, weight, and shape. The three major diagnoses are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. In addition, there are many cases of abnormal eating that have only some of the features required for an eating disorder diagnosis; these cases are classified as eating disorders not otherwise specified. Obesity is classified as a general medical condition and not as an eating disorder (a psychiatric condition) because it is not consistently associated with psychological or behavioral problems.
World of the Body: eating disorders
The modern term that covers all forms of the conditions known as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It also sometimes includes obesity. The recorded prevalence of all three has increased during the past 40 years.
Anorexia nervosa, a form of food refusal, is mostly found in young girls, though 1 in 20 cases is a boy. Sometimes it improves spontaneously and sometimes it continues throughout life. The sufferers are usually intelligent high achievers and are often ambitious, and come from families who have ample food. Some have markedly âhystericalâ personalities, tending to be dramatic, to overreact, and to manipulate those in their environment.
Food and Fitness: eating disorder
A potentially dangerous disturbance in the pattern of eating. It usually has an underlying psychological basis, but is sometimes caused by a malfunction of the appetite centre in the hypothalamus at the base of the brain. Eating disorders are usually classified into two main groups: anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In reality there is a spectrum of disorders and it is not always easy to assign a particular disorder neatly into either of the two main groups. Patients who do not meet all the criteria for either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa are said to suffer an âeating disorder not otherwise specifiedâ (NOS).
Encyclopedia of Public Health: Eating Disorders
The term "eating disorders" encompasses a group of problems that fall into two broad categoriesâovereating (binging), and undereating (anorexia)âsometimes referred to as "starving or stuffing." Eating disorders are most commonly found in young females during early adolescence. However, eating disorders affect both males and females at many stages in the life cycle. Although the conditions create physical problems, the causes are usually psychological.
Eating disorders have been recognized by health experts for many years. Bulimia symptoms were described by the Egyptians, Hebrews, and Greeks; and anorexia nervosa was first described in the 1600s. However, it was not until 1980 that these conditions were categorized as psychiatric disturbances.
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Sci-Tech Encyclopedia: Eating disorders
Disorders characterized by abnormal eating behaviors and beliefs about eating, weight, and shape. The three major diagnoses are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. In addition, there are many cases of abnormal eating that have only some of the features required for an eating disorder diagnosis; these cases are classified as eating disorders not otherwise specified. Obesity is classified as a general medical condition and not as an eating disorder (a psychiatric condition) because it is not consistently associated with psychological or behavioral problems.
World of the Body: eating disorders
The modern term that covers all forms of the conditions known as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It also sometimes includes obesity. The recorded prevalence of all three has increased during the past 40 years.
Anorexia nervosa, a form of food refusal, is mostly found in young girls, though 1 in 20 cases is a boy. Sometimes it improves spontaneously and sometimes it continues throughout life. The sufferers are usually intelligent high achievers and are often ambitious, and come from families who have ample food. Some have markedly âhystericalâ personalities, tending to be dramatic, to overreact, and to manipulate those in their environment.
Food and Fitness: eating disorder
A potentially dangerous disturbance in the pattern of eating. It usually has an underlying psychological basis, but is sometimes caused by a malfunction of the appetite centre in the hypothalamus at the base of the brain. Eating disorders are usually classified into two main groups: anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In reality there is a spectrum of disorders and it is not always easy to assign a particular disorder neatly into either of the two main groups. Patients who do not meet all the criteria for either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa are said to suffer an âeating disorder not otherwise specifiedâ (NOS).
Encyclopedia of Public Health: Eating Disorders
The term "eating disorders" encompasses a group of problems that fall into two broad categoriesâovereating (binging), and undereating (anorexia)âsometimes referred to as "starving or stuffing." Eating disorders are most commonly found in young females during early adolescence. However, eating disorders affect both males and females at many stages in the life cycle. Although the conditions create physical problems, the causes are usually psychological.
Eating disorders have been recognized by health experts for many years. Bulimia symptoms were described by the Egyptians, Hebrews, and Greeks; and anorexia nervosa was first described in the 1600s. However, it was not until 1980 that these conditions were categorized as psychiatric disturbances.
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do EDNOS people get the same treatment as other eating disorder patients? or do they have to just live with it?
Q. okay so, i dont qualify for anorexia, because i still get my period, and im not underweight and i eat over 600 cals a day ( i eat 900) and i work out 40 minutes every day. but, i dont qualify for bulimia, because i dont BINGE, i mean, i throw up after i eat dinner and stuff just about every night, but thats not BINGING, so it doesnt count, and i only use laxatives once in a while, because if i use them to much my mom will notice im stealing them. so im EDNOS, and i was wondering if they get the same treatment as normal eating disorder patients, because its really taking over my life and even though i want to be 84 pounds, i know thats not healthy, i mean, im 5'6. i live off soup. its getting boring. i ate a rice cake, realized i was over 900 cals, and made myself throw up. i know its like dictaking my life, i plan my days around food, and i hate myself completely, i hate my body and everything about it. i think im ready for treatment, i ust want to know if i qualify for the same treatment as everyone else
A. Erm well just how your describing this how your life is revolving 'n stuff yeah you'll get the same treatment and good for you for know you need help :].
I need help...how do you know if you have an eating disorder?
Q. Basically, I think I may be developing bulimia. How long do you have to wait until you know for sure whether you have an eating disorder? I did post a question just asking for excuses for my parents, and nearly all of them said I had an eating disorder. But they didn't know, that this has only been going on for a week. Although it seems a lot more than that. If your patient enough to read this then please give me some advice..
Last week I had a healthy lunch (salad) then i had an ice cream and made myself sick by sticking my fingers down my throat. I knew that it wasn't the right thing to do, but I did it anyway. I had just been telling my mum for ages that I wasn't hungry or felt sick. The next day I kinda had to eat lunch because of my parents although I asked for a very small portion and didn't eat most of it, after lunch i tried to be sick but nothing happened, so i did exercise.
On Monday, I didn't eat lunch but no one seemed to care when I just said that i wasn't hungry. But the next day I got an apple because I felt really faint and we had a swimming gala next. My friends got really pissed and were like "eat.now". I still said that i felt really sick. They told another friend who literally started yelling at me to eat, making such a big deal out of it. Everyone made a massive deal out of it and I just wanted them to leave me alone. It turns out that one of my friends, before i was close with her had turned bulimic...she got round me. I told her and she said that I had to stop. She made me eat lunch with her the next day and I didn't kick up a fuss because I was with the popular girls and I didn't want it going through the boys school that I wasn't eating or something.
On Friday, I had early lunch because I had a club, I was thinking of just staying until the toilets until they had finished eating but they took me with them. i hadn't eaten that morning (managed to make it look like i had when my mum was upstairs). So i got a small bowl of fruit. Then the girls literally started dragging me towards the lunch queue. I had by this time I had just had enough of everyone standing all over me and i pulled her off and ran out of lunch. I locked myself in the toilets and cried for a bit. (I have been doing that quite a lot when I'm alone at the moment). I eventually went to the club (i had to, i was the main part). But I also seemed to have completely lost interest in it...just don't care anymore.
When my friend gave me another hard time about how i was always ill and it was because i wasn't eating properly I told the friend who knew. She had agreed to tell no one and pretend like I was eating. I just wanted her advice on what to do, but she was like "guys, lets get this straight, holly is eating" It was my friends day that day and she was pissed off at her yelling. I went into the classroom with the girl who does know, and she was like "woah, wait. they just said something about a teacher." It turns out those girls i had a club with had gone and told my form tutor how i wasn't eating when i ran out earlier".
I don't know what to do, I know that I have such amazing friends and they're just trying to help...i dint want it. I just want them to mind their own business, stop lecturing me and stop making such a big deal out of everything. Now the whole form is talking about me and I don't know what to do.
I am only 13. My mum just told me that it's pasta, salmon and salad for supper. I said again how I felt sick and she just said "this is getting boring now." She definatley doesn't think i have an eating disorder but she does know somethings wrong. I have thrown up a lot in the past week, my throat was really painful after and i got really scared by some stuff i read on the internet about it eating through my esophagus. I gargled salty water and it was fine. I hate throwing up but I feel like i have to. What am i supposed to say to my friends? my family? my parents? and my teacher...if she talks to me which I'm worried she will.
Thanks for being patient enough to read that rant.
Last week I had a healthy lunch (salad) then i had an ice cream and made myself sick by sticking my fingers down my throat. I knew that it wasn't the right thing to do, but I did it anyway. I had just been telling my mum for ages that I wasn't hungry or felt sick. The next day I kinda had to eat lunch because of my parents although I asked for a very small portion and didn't eat most of it, after lunch i tried to be sick but nothing happened, so i did exercise.
On Monday, I didn't eat lunch but no one seemed to care when I just said that i wasn't hungry. But the next day I got an apple because I felt really faint and we had a swimming gala next. My friends got really pissed and were like "eat.now". I still said that i felt really sick. They told another friend who literally started yelling at me to eat, making such a big deal out of it. Everyone made a massive deal out of it and I just wanted them to leave me alone. It turns out that one of my friends, before i was close with her had turned bulimic...she got round me. I told her and she said that I had to stop. She made me eat lunch with her the next day and I didn't kick up a fuss because I was with the popular girls and I didn't want it going through the boys school that I wasn't eating or something.
On Friday, I had early lunch because I had a club, I was thinking of just staying until the toilets until they had finished eating but they took me with them. i hadn't eaten that morning (managed to make it look like i had when my mum was upstairs). So i got a small bowl of fruit. Then the girls literally started dragging me towards the lunch queue. I had by this time I had just had enough of everyone standing all over me and i pulled her off and ran out of lunch. I locked myself in the toilets and cried for a bit. (I have been doing that quite a lot when I'm alone at the moment). I eventually went to the club (i had to, i was the main part). But I also seemed to have completely lost interest in it...just don't care anymore.
When my friend gave me another hard time about how i was always ill and it was because i wasn't eating properly I told the friend who knew. She had agreed to tell no one and pretend like I was eating. I just wanted her advice on what to do, but she was like "guys, lets get this straight, holly is eating" It was my friends day that day and she was pissed off at her yelling. I went into the classroom with the girl who does know, and she was like "woah, wait. they just said something about a teacher." It turns out those girls i had a club with had gone and told my form tutor how i wasn't eating when i ran out earlier".
I don't know what to do, I know that I have such amazing friends and they're just trying to help...i dint want it. I just want them to mind their own business, stop lecturing me and stop making such a big deal out of everything. Now the whole form is talking about me and I don't know what to do.
I am only 13. My mum just told me that it's pasta, salmon and salad for supper. I said again how I felt sick and she just said "this is getting boring now." She definatley doesn't think i have an eating disorder but she does know somethings wrong. I have thrown up a lot in the past week, my throat was really painful after and i got really scared by some stuff i read on the internet about it eating through my esophagus. I gargled salty water and it was fine. I hate throwing up but I feel like i have to. What am i supposed to say to my friends? my family? my parents? and my teacher...if she talks to me which I'm worried she will.
Thanks for being patient enough to read that rant.
A. This may not be the answer that you exactly want to hear but sweetheart you have an eating disorder. I struggled with anorexia for about a year and let me tell you I completely understand what you are going through. What your describing sounds a lot like what I went through. Bulimics tend to binge on food (consume extreme amounts like 10,000 calories) and then purge. You seem to have an avoidance of food and restriction of the food that you do intake. That is anorexia. Just because you purge doesn't mean your bulimic. The best advice that I can give you is to accept that this is NOT normal and that you need help. Your 13--you have your entire life ahead of you and you do NOT want this eating disorder holding you back. Please tell your mom or someone that can help you get in touch with a therapist to help you through this battle. You can't do it alone, trust me. Feel free to e-mail me I will gladly talk to you & help you out. Good luck and god bless!
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