Eating Disorders: What You Need To Know?
Eating disorders fall under behavioral conditions which are characterized by persistence disturbance in eating behaviors. The patient can even develop distressing thoughts and emotions associated with their eating behaviors. It can be a serious condition that can affect physical, psychological and social functions of a person. Different types of eating disorders : • Anorexia nervosa • Bulimia nervosa • Binge eating disorder • Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder • Other specified feeding or eating disorder Pica and rumination disorder can also be a type of eating disorder. A large proportion of population gets affected by this condition, and most often people develop this disorder in their adolescence and young adulthood. While eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are quite common in women, but they can all occur at any age and affect any gender. Eating disorders are driven by preoccupations with food, weight or shape, as well as...