Types of eating disorders
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There are many different types of eating disorder, these are the most common types.
Anorexia nervosa
People diagnosed with anorexia try to keep their weight as low as possible by not eating enough or over-exercising, or a combination of the two.
Some symptoms include:
- Trying to keep your weight as low as possible.
- Thinking you are overweight even if others say you are dangerously thin.
- Low self-esteem or negative self-image.
- Fear of gaining weight.
- Dismissive of the idea of eating more or encouragement from others to do so.
Bulimia nervosa
You will have an unhealthy eating cycle if you have bulimia. You will eat a lot of food and then do something to yourself to stop weight gain. You may make yourself vomit, take laxatives or over-exercise. The eating is called ‘binging’ and what you do after is called ‘purging’. You will usually have an average body weight. This may mean other people do not notice you are having these problems.
Some symptoms include:
- Binging – eating large amoun...
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