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Eating disorders

Not all of us spend much time thinking about what we eat.People affected by an eating disorder, however, find they’re totally absorbed in their eating, thinking about it almost obseionally between meals.What is an eating disorder?

Eating disorders is a broad name for a number of problems we face with food in our society.While many of us slip into overeating or comfort eating at some point, for some the problem goes to life-threatening extremes.In both anorexia nervosa and bulimia, there is a deep fear of being overweight that leads to an obseion about restricting the number of calories the person is taking in.This leads to an extreme state of starvation, which in turn has a number of effects on the way that the body functions and how hormones are produced.This is complicated in bulimia, when the person still finds comfort in the feeling of being full but dreads taking on the extra calories.This is when they may induce vomiting, causing long-term problems for their throat and teeth on top of psychological problems.Common behaviour of someone affected by an eating disorder includes:

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 Mentally keeping a balance between calories taken in and calories used up Deep-seated feelings of anxiety if they consume a few calories too many Self-loathing, depreion or panic if they haven’t lost any weight or put a

little on, despite their best efforts

Many anorexics and bulimics have researched the iue of diet quite deeply and know the damage they are doing to themselves but are still unable to stop.This just makes the feelings of despair and self-loathing even worse, causing their condition to continue.Causes of eating disorders

While there is evidence that eating disorders can run in families, it isn’t yet clear how much risk for developing anorexia or bulimia is carried by genes.The social and psychological factors have been better identified, but they are complicated.Socially, it doesn’t help that we are sometimes pulled in two directions by the media.The first way is with images of physical perfection-the man with the perfect six-pack on the cover of a magazine, or a young woman in a bikini.A review of research in 2002 found that women who viewed images of thin models were significantly more diatisfied with their body images afterwards than women who viewed images of average-size models.This diatisfaction was higher among younger women and women who already had iues with their body image.The second way is the encouragement to eat foods packed with calories made up of saturated fat and simple carbohydrates, the two food types most likely to make you put on weight.Another research review in 2009 took international data on children’s television viewing, food advertising and childhood obesity.They found exposure to food advertising was related to childhood obesity, although the strength of the relationship varied from country to country.Psychologically, at the root of an eating disorder may be a combination of a number of iues, including:

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 Distorted body image Low self-esteem Anxiety for some controlAn expreion of deep emotions such as depreion or trauma that can’t

be put into words

Each person affected by an eating disorder brings their own unique experiences to the problem.For each, the meaning of anorexia or bulimia has aspects that are personal to them.Treatments for eating disorders

There is limited evidence that some psychiatric drugs can help with anorexia and bulimia, and that some psychotherapy approaches can have some effect.Cognitive behavioural therapy(CBT)makes a good start to alleviate the iues.For longer term recovery, psychological approaches that look at how the person relates to those around them might have more effect.These could

psychotherapy focuing how on interpersonal relationships work and family therapy.Eating disorders and the family

The effectivene of family therapy in treating eating disorders has lead to some theories about family environment as a cause.The evidence suggests that while it can make a contribution, family functioning is not enough on its own to set off an eating disorder.It appears that a number of factors need to come together, including obseive-compulsive disorder like symptoms and depreion.When families are faced with a loved one with an eating disorder, the idea they may have caused it is not only inaccurate but can also lead to feelings of guilt and recriminations that can get in the way of helping the person to recover.Family members as well as the person with the eating disorder need to focus their energies on:

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 Staying with their loved ones Keeping resilient and sympathetic Working with a team of carers and therapists

Recovering from eating disorders

Recovery can take years and how recovery is defined can be difficult.Even if the person manages to regain and retain a healthy weight, they may still find food and eating to be difficult and emotive iues.Words and phrases

Anorexia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa also known as simply Anorexia is an eating disorder

characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obseive fear of gaining weight.Bulimia

a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depreion and self-condemnation

Calorie

a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere preure;used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

Hormone

the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tiue on which it has a specific effect

Vomit

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Deep-seated

(used especially of ideas or principles)deeply rooted;firmly fixed or held

Self-loathing

Self-hatred, also sometimes autophobia refers to an extreme dislike of oneself, or being angry at oneself.Saturated fat

Saturated fat is fat that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids.Simple carbohydrates

Simple carbohydrates are types of sugar content found in certain foods.Specifically, a simple carbohydrate is a sweetener that is claified as a monosaccharide or a disaccharide.Obesity

more than average fatne

Distorted

so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

Self-esteem

a feeling of pride in yourself

Trauma

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.;an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

Psychiatric

relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry

Psychotherapy

the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods;the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

Cognitive behavioural therapy(CBT)

a type of therapy or counselling based on the idea that our thoughts cause our

feelings and behaviors, not external things, like people, situations, and events and emphasizes the important role of thinking in how we feel and what we do

Alleviate

provide physical relief, as from pain;make easier

Obseive–compulsive disorder(OCD)

Obseive–compulsive disorder(OCD)is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasine, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the aociated anxiety, or by a combination of such obseions and compulsions.Symptom

a departure from normal function or feeling which is noticed by a patient, indicating the presence of disease or abnormality

Depreion

Depreion is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and physical well-being.[1] It may include feelings of sadne, anxiety, emptine, hopelene, worthlene, guilt, irritability, or restlene.Recrimination

mutual accusations

Resilient

recovering readily from adversity, depreion, or the like;elastic;rebounds readily

Emotive

characterized by emotion