eating disorders
Harmful food relationships
Eating disorders are psychological conditions characterized by severely disrupted eating behaviors and obsessive concerns about body weight or shape.
The most recognized are anorexia nervosa (extreme food restriction), bulimia nervosa (binge eating followed by purging), and binge eating disorder.
These conditions can be life-threatening and typically require professional treatment: She was hospitalized for her eating disorder.
- bulimiaDisorder of bingeing and purging
- anorexiaEating disorder, self-starvation
- body dysmorphiaFixation on imagined physical flaws
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
- depressionProlonged low state
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