What are the Eating Disorders?
There are 3 types of CLINICAL eating disorder. At their root, all of them are concerned with control of weight and shape.Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and EDNOS(eating disorders not otherwise specified which include Compulsive Eating, and types of anorexia or bulimia which are not severe). There is a less familiar eating disorder called The Night Eating Syndrome and one named Orthorexia, which is thought to be similar to anorexia. People with Orthorexia are obsessed with healthy eating plans such as food allergy plans – but this masks a bad relationship with food. Children may suffer from problems with eating, which are not related to control of weight.
There are 3 types of CLINICAL eating disorder. At their root, all of them are concerned with control of weight and shape. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and EDNOS (Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified which include Compulsive Eating, and types of anorexia or bulimia which are not severe). There is a less familiar eating disorder called The Night Eating Syndrome and one named Orthorexia, which is thought to be similar to anorexia. People with Orthorexia are obsessed with healthy eating plans such as food allergy plans – but this masks a bad relationship with food. Children may suffer from problems with eating, which are not related to control of weight. There are problems with diagnosis for the following reasons: • There are degrees of severity for all of these conditions. These days many people especially women are concerned about their eating habits and it is hard to know when someone “tips over” from normal eating, develops problem eating, then falls into a real eating disorde
