Anorexia nervosa, Binge eating, Bulimia and other food addictions are called Eating Disorders or ED for short.
Eating disorders are serious behavior problems. They include anorexia nervosa, in which you become too thin, but you don't eat enough because you think you are fat, bulimia nervosa, involving periods of overeating followed by purging, sometimes through self-induced vomiting or using laxatives, or binge-eating, which is out-of-control eating.
Women are more likely than men to have eating disorders. They usually start in the teenage years and often occur along with depression, anxiety disorders and substance abuse.
Eating disorders can cause heart and kidney problems and even death. Getting help early is important. Treatment involves monitoring, mental health therapy, nutritional counseling and sometimes medicines.
Finding rehab or treatment for eating disorders is not always as easy as one would think. Getting over the initial denial that one might have an ED is often difficult. No one person would like to think that he or she is different from other people. Body image is important to everyone – not just those afflicted with ED’s.
For more information on how to get help for any type of food addiction or body image issues, EDRehabs.com has compiled a nice directory that is available to you free of charge. There is counseling and treatment available to those with eating disorders nationwide. Most of the well-known programs are listed on this site.
