Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that cause severe disturbances to eating behaviors and how one feels about their body weight and shape. The most common types are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and eating disorder not otherwise specified. People with anorexia see themselves as overweight even when dangerously underweight and restrict food intake. Those with bulimia have recurrent episodes of eating large amounts of food and feeling a lack of control followed by purging. Binge eating disorder involves losing control over eating without purging. Treatments include adequate nutrition, reducing excessive exercise, stopping purging, psychotherapy, medical care, nutritional counseling, and medications.

1. Eating Problems

2. What is eating problems?
• Eating disorders are actually
serious and often fatal illnesses
that cause severe disturbances
to a person’s eating behaviors.
Obsessions with food, body
weight, and shape may also
signal an eating disorder.

3. Types of eating problems
 bulimia nervosa
 anorexia nervosa
 binge eating disorder
 eating disorder not otherwise specified
(EDNOS)
the most common eating disorders are:

4. anorexia
nervosa
People with anorexia nervosa may see themselves as
overweight, even when they are dangerously
underweight.
Symptoms :
 Extremely restricted eating
 Extreme thinness (emaciation)
 Intense fear of gaining weight

5. bulimia nervosa
• People with bulimia nervosa have recurrent and frequent
episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food and
feeling a lack of control over these episodes.
• Symptoms
 Chronically inflamed and sore throat
 intestinal distress and irritation from laxative abuse
 Severe dehydration from purging of fluids

6. Binge-eating disorder
• People with binge-eating disorder lose control over his or
her eating. Unlike bulimia nervosa, periods of binge-
eating are not followed by purging, excessive exercise,
or fasting.
• Symptoms
 Eating unusually large amounts of food in a specific
amount of time
 Eating even when you're full or not hungry
 Eating fast during binge episodes
 Eating until you're uncomfortably full

7. Treatments and Therapies
• Adequate nutrition, reducing excessive exercise,
and stopping purging behaviors are the
foundations of treatment. Treatment plans are
tailored to individual needs and may include one
or more of the following:
 Individual, group, and/or family psychotherapy
 Medical care and monitoring
 Nutritional counseling
 Medications