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Understanding Eating Disturbances and Disorders

Source: www.mckinley.uiuc.edu
Topic: Eating disorders
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Sort Desciption: A Guide for Helping Family and Friends WHAT IS AN EATING DISTURBANCE OR DISORDER? Eating is vital to life. We must eat on a daily basis in order to keep our bodies functioning efficiently. But ...

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A Guide for Helping Family and Friends WHAT IS AN EATING DISTURBANCE OR DISORDER? Eating is vital to life. We must eat on a daily basis in order to keep our bodies functioning efficiently. But sometimes we find it difficult to eat in ways that we know are healthy. Emotions, stress and peer pressure can cause us to alter our eating habits in unhealthy ways. The result can be an eating disturbance or disorder. An eating disturbance is similar to an eating disorder, but is less severe and does not meet the specific clinical definition for an eating disorder. We will discuss the causation and signs of eating disturbances and disorders, examine the three major types of eating disorders and what may cause them, and how to help someone whom you suspect or know has an eating disturbance or disorder. WHO DEVELOPS EATING DISTURBANCES AND DISORDERS? Eating disturbances and disorders occur in virtually all types of people. They affect more females than males, but do occur in both sexes. They can happen at any age, but most frequently occur initially during adolescence and young adulthood. People of all races, religions, sexual orientations and economic backgrounds suffer from eating disturbances and disorders. Estimates of the prevalence of eating disturbances and disorders in college populations vary tremendously. It is estimated that, at any given time, 10% or more of college age women report symptoms of eating disturbances/ disorders. WHY DO PEOPLE DEVELOP EATING DISTURBANCES AND DISORDERS? People eat for a variety of reasons. Ideally, we would all eat only when we are hungry, then would stop eating when we are full. We would eat only in response to our bodies hunger signals and would trust what our bodies tell us. Instead, we often eat when we are not hungry. We eat when we are lonely, bored, depressed, angry, frustrated or stressed. We also eat when others are eating because ...

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