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ENEMY:EATING DISORDERS
Eating disorders: key facts
•Many ‘eating styles’ can help
us to stay healthy - but some
What are eating are driven by an intense fear of
disorders? becoming fat.
•These can damage our health
and are called eating
disorders.
•The two most common
problems are Anorexia
Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.
We describe them separately
here, but the symptoms are
often mixed.
Eating disorders: key facts
(cont)
– Morbid fear of becoming fat
– Intense preoccupation with weight and dieting
– Inaccurate body image
– Self-esteem is dependent on thinness
– 25-50% of patients with eating disorders suffer
from major depressive disorder.
– Affects more women.
– Personality types: OC, sensitive-avoidant
– Tend to be perfectionists – they have unrealistic
expectations of themselves and others.
Who gets eating disorders?