Eating disorders are complex, real and distressing conditions
that can have grave consequences in health, relationship and
productivity. Eating disorders are not phase, lifestyle or fad choices.
They are potentially serious life-threatening condition that can affect a
person's physical and personal emotions. Individuals who are struggling
with eating disorders need to seek the attention of a professional. The
earlier the person seeks the assistance the better the recovery will be
affected earlier and there is a likelihood of emotional and physical
healing.
Eating disorders in teens cause serious and severe changes in eating which can lead to major and even life threatening health predicaments. The following are 3 main types of eating disorder.
1. Condition in which the teen cannot eat adequate calories out of irrational and intense fear of gaining weight.
2. Condition in which the teen grossly overeats and then eventually purges the food he/she has eaten by vomiting or he/she ends up using the laxatives to curb the weight gain.
3. Condition in which the teen may gorge hastily on food, but without purging.
Eating disorders normally develop during the stages of adolescence or the period of early adulthood. However, they can begin this habit from childhood too. Females are more vulnerable to this habit and it is estimated that 5 % -15 % of people with bulimia and anorexia happen to be male. With the binge eating, this figure rises to 35 % of males.
Medical doctors are not very certain on the actual causes of eating disorders. They suspect to be a combination of behavioral, biological and social factors. For example, most teens may be influenced by the cultural changes like their body size or weight. By the age of 6, most girls start to express their concern about their own shape and weight and this concern endures through their lives. Most teens who suffer from eating disorders may be suffering from distress, low self-esteem, feeling of helplessness or the fear of becoming fat and eventually overweight.
A review of about 50 years ago research confirms that anorexia nervosa records the highest mortality rate which is linked to illness of eating disorder is 12 times higher than death rate of other causes of death.
Health consequences
In the anorexia nervosa cycle, this is a self starvation where the body is denied the vital nutrients it requires to have the normal functions. Consequentially, the body is then forced to slow down most of its process in order to conserve the energy. These result in:
1. Abnormally slow heart and a low blood pressure. This means that the heart muscles will eventually change. This is a risk of heart failure since the blood pressure is low and rate of heart sinks.
2. Muscle weakness and loss.
3. Reduced bone density - osteoporosis and this results to dry and brittle bones.
4. Overall weakness, fainting and fatigue.
5. Dry skin and hair and also the loss of hair is more common.
Binge eating disorder usually results in the same health risks which are linked with clinical obesity and these include high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, type 2 diabetes mellitus and gallbladder disease.
Eating disorders in teens cause serious and severe changes in eating which can lead to major and even life threatening health predicaments. The following are 3 main types of eating disorder.
1. Condition in which the teen cannot eat adequate calories out of irrational and intense fear of gaining weight.
2. Condition in which the teen grossly overeats and then eventually purges the food he/she has eaten by vomiting or he/she ends up using the laxatives to curb the weight gain.
3. Condition in which the teen may gorge hastily on food, but without purging.
Eating disorders normally develop during the stages of adolescence or the period of early adulthood. However, they can begin this habit from childhood too. Females are more vulnerable to this habit and it is estimated that 5 % -15 % of people with bulimia and anorexia happen to be male. With the binge eating, this figure rises to 35 % of males.
Medical doctors are not very certain on the actual causes of eating disorders. They suspect to be a combination of behavioral, biological and social factors. For example, most teens may be influenced by the cultural changes like their body size or weight. By the age of 6, most girls start to express their concern about their own shape and weight and this concern endures through their lives. Most teens who suffer from eating disorders may be suffering from distress, low self-esteem, feeling of helplessness or the fear of becoming fat and eventually overweight.
A review of about 50 years ago research confirms that anorexia nervosa records the highest mortality rate which is linked to illness of eating disorder is 12 times higher than death rate of other causes of death.
Health consequences
In the anorexia nervosa cycle, this is a self starvation where the body is denied the vital nutrients it requires to have the normal functions. Consequentially, the body is then forced to slow down most of its process in order to conserve the energy. These result in:
1. Abnormally slow heart and a low blood pressure. This means that the heart muscles will eventually change. This is a risk of heart failure since the blood pressure is low and rate of heart sinks.
2. Muscle weakness and loss.
3. Reduced bone density - osteoporosis and this results to dry and brittle bones.
4. Overall weakness, fainting and fatigue.
5. Dry skin and hair and also the loss of hair is more common.
Binge eating disorder usually results in the same health risks which are linked with clinical obesity and these include high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, type 2 diabetes mellitus and gallbladder disease.
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