What are eating disorders (ED)?
Basically, both anorexia and bulimia are like bad habits that have become ingrained in the afflicted’s personality as witnessed by persistent negative eating behaviors such as starvation, binging, and purging. Lack of parental approval, parental criticism, peer critcism, significant other (e.g., spouse or lover) disapproval, societal/media emphasis on thin as beautiful (and happy), a general outer directed disposition, lack of self-esteem, and inactivity are sometimes responsible for creating these negative behaviors.
