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Different Types Of Eating Disorders

Health Encyclopedia: Eating Disorders Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Many factors contribute to the risk of developing an eating disorder.

Age

Dating disorders occur most often in adolescents and young adults. However, new research finds that they are increasingly prevalent among young children. Eating disorders are more difficult to identify in young children because they are rarely suspected.

Age of Onset for Bulimia. A 2004 study of high school students in the United States found that about 25% of girls and 10% of boys followed abnormal eating and wei...

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Expert & Community Posts

Symptoms of Eating Disorders

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

There are two main types of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Some experts have... Read more »

Study on Disturbed eating behavior in type 1 women

By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...(DEB), which includes sub-threshold and full-syndrome eating disorders (ED's) and mild eating... Read more »

Anxiety: A Close Companion to Depression

By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...often than not. These include anxiety disorders, eating disorders, drug and alcohol addiction... Read more »

When You Have Ice Cream After Every Meal.....

By The HealthGal , Health Expert

Do you even know what a treat is anymore?? I meet people all the time who say -"don't be the food... Read more »

Diabulimia -- My Story

By Tressa , Health Expert

...psychiatric hospitals aren't really equipped to deal with eating disorders, so basically they... Read more »

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Health Guide

Eating Disorders: Introduction

Eating disorders are behavioral issues brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorders, family pressures, a possible genetic or... Read more »

Eating Disorders: Causes

CausesThere is no single cause for eating disorders. Although concerns about weight and body shape play a role in all eating disorders, the actual cause of these disorders appear to result from many... Read more »

Eating Disorders: Complications of Anorexia

...treatments have lower chances for success.Effect on PregnancyMost pregnant women with a history of eating disorders have healthy pregnancies. However, some studies -- but not all -- suggest that... Read more »

Eating Disorders: Treatment

The first major difficulty in treating eating disorders is resistance by everyone involved:The anorexic patient often believes that the emaciation is normal and even attractive.The bulimic... Read more »

The Obsession with Breasts and Body Image

...surgery every year to increase their breast size and remove fat. More and more young women are developing eating disorders in an attempt to change their bodies. “Adolescence is the period of... Read more »

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