Anorexia
An obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.
What is anorexia?
Bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting.
What is bulimia?
Frequently consuming unusually large amounts of food in one sitting and feeling that eating behavior is out of control.
What is binge eating?
People of normal or below average weight vomit or use laxatives after eating and don’t binge.
What is purge eating?
70 million people.
What is the number of people affected by an eating disorder?
Dehydration, dizziness, fainting, fatigue, low blood pressure, low body temperature, osteoporosis, water-electrolyte imbalance, or feeling cold, weight loss.
What are the symptoms of anorexia?
Impulsivity, self-harm, vomiting after overeating, or lack of restraint, bad breath, dental cavities, or dryness.
What are the symptoms of bulimia?
Eating large amounts of food, eating even when full, eating rapidly during binge episodes, frequent dieting without weight loss, frequently eating alone, hoarding food, hiding empty food containers, or lack of control once one begins to eat.
What are the symptoms of binge eating?
Dehydration, anemia, low blood pressure, irregular heart beat, weakened heart muscle, leading to possible heart failure in severe cases, possible kidney infection or damage, stomach ulcers, or sores in the mouth.
What are the symptoms of purge eating?
Low self confidence.
What is the main cause of eating disorders?
One percent of female adolescents.
What is the amount of women affected by anorexia?
Two percent of all adults.
What is the number of people affected by bulimia?
8% of American adults.
What is the amount of people that suffer from binge eating?
1 in 20 people.
What is the number of people that will be affected in their life?
+1-800-931-2237.
What is a place to find help?
Restricting type and binge eating/purging type.
What are the two types of anorexia?
Self-incuced type and non-purging type.
What are the two types of bulimia?
What is the amount of obese people with binge eating disorder?
Purging and bulimia.
What are eating disorders that are associated?
Stay confident in yourself.
What is a way not to develop and eating disorder?
14-18 years old.
What is the most common age affected by anorexia?
15-21 years old.
What is the most common age affected by bulimia?
3000 Calories
What is the average caloric intake per binge episode?
Enemas, laxatives, and vomiting.
What are ways of purging?
Anorexia.
What is the eating disorder with the highest mortality rate?