How many different types of eating disorders are there?
There are three classifications: The first is anorexia nervosa, which is present when an individual: refuses to maintain weight within a normal range for height and age—more than 15 percent below ideal body weight has an irrational fear of weight gain or becoming fat has severe body image disturbance no longer has a menstrual cycle—in women of the appropriate age. There are two subtypes of anorexia nervosa: restricting, in which patients only restrict eating to reduce their weight; and binge eating/purging, in which patients may either binge or use purging to control their weight. The next type of eating disorder is bulimia nervosa, which is distinguished by binge eating with: a sense of loss of control behavior to offset it through purging—self-induced vomiting or laxative or diuretic abuse behavior to offset it through non purging—excessive exercise, fasting or strict diets dissatisfaction with body shape and weight The final classification is eating disorder not otherwise specified,
