Eating Disorders.

Types of Eating Disorders.

Anorexia Nervosa

The term anorexia is Greek which means “lack of appetite.” Anorexia is an eating disorder determined by low body weight and body image distortion. It is an obsessive fear of gaining weight...

Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia nervosa is a type of eating disorder. It is often called just bulimia. A person with bulimia eats a lot of food in a short amount of time...

Binge Eating

A binge eating disorder is characterized primarily by periods of uncontrolled, impulsive, or continuous eating beyond the point of feeling comfortably full...

Anorexia Athletica

Anorexia athletica is when a person no longer enjoys exercise, but feels obligated to do so...

Over Exercise

Over exercise, or compulsive exercising is a problem when the person is scheduling life around exercise just like people with eating disorders schedule their lives around eating or not eating...

Over Eating

Compulsive over eating is the excessive consumption of food (bingeing), often thousands of calories at a time...

Night Eating

Night eating syndrome is characterized by a lack of appetite in the morning and overeating at night with agitation and insomnia...

Orthorexia

Orthorexia nervosa is one of a little-known group of eating disorders. Orthorexia nervosa refers to a fixation on eating proper food...

Issues.

I'm fat. I'm too skinny. I'd be happy if I were taller, shorter, had curly hair, straight hair, a smaller nose, bigger muscles, longer legs.

Do any of these statements sound familiar? As a teen, you're going through a ton of changes in your body. And as your body changes, so does your image of yourself.

Self-esteem is all about how much people value themselves, the pride they feel in themselves, and how worthwhile they feel. Self-esteem is important because feeling good about yourself can affect how you act. A person who has high self-esteem will make friends easily, is more in control of his or her behavior, and will enjoy life more.

--->Influence<---

The Infuences:

• Parents


• Peers


• Friends


• Models


• Television


• Media


• Stores