Eating disorders

Anorexiaà

-A lack or loss of appetite of food(caused by medical condition)

-An emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat

Bulimiaà

-Insatiable overeating as a medical condition, in particular

-An emotional disorder in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting

Binge eatingà

-A pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrolled eating. During binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive amount of food.

Partial syndromeà

-You limit your intake of food and are preoccupied with your weight, you swing between frenzied eating and vomiting, and have other eating disorder symptoms, but still do not met the full diagnostic criteria for full-blown eating disorders.

Obese individuals with eating disordersà

-You eat more than you need and your weight to become too high for good health. Overweight can have other causes than eating disorders and can be caused by an eating disorder if there are psychological reasons for eating more than the body needs, such as when negative emotions(anger, boredom, disappointment etc.) cause an abnormal craving for food.