- Anorexia:
- Type of eating disorder that cause people to have a fear of gaining weight
- Type of eating disorder that cause people to have a fear of gaining weight
- Because of this fear people with anorexia limit their amount of food to dangerous levels.
- The disease affects both the mind and the body. People who suffer from anorexia usually start out with a normal diet but lose control and turn anorexic.
- People who suffer from the disease see themselves as fat even-though they are very skinny.
- Untreated anorexia brings along a variety of health problems.
- Even-thought the majority of patients that suffer from anorexia are women, men can have anorexia.
- ANOREXIA IS A SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER AND CAN LEAD TO STARVATION AND DEATH.
Bulimia:
- One of the most common eating disorders
- People who suffer from bulimia will eat large amounts of food in a short time. After they have eaten the food they become self-critical and start using different methods for eliminating the food.
- Methods of elimination: purge (vomit), extreme and excessive workouts, or medical solutions such as laxatives.
- People who suffer from bulimia eat to achieve comfort. But after they eat they feel guilty and depressed, that then causes them to seek solution for eliminating the food.
- This illness also causes several severe health symtoms.