Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia

Eating Disorders


Anorexia and Bulimia



Description


People with anorexia nervosa have an intense fear of gaining weight despite being very thin; by definition, such individuals weigh less than 85% of their normal weight. Anorexia is associated with a distorted body image that puts those with this problem in denial of their starving state, which results in serious health consequences. Individuals who have anorexia avoid eating or they exercise excessively to avoid gaining weight. Bulimia nervosa is more common than anorexia nervosa and usually begins in early adolescence, triggered by failed attempts at dieting. It involves uncontrolled consumption of lots of food at once (binging). People with bulimia compensate for their binges by purging, ridding themselves of what they’ve eaten using self-induced vomiting, enemas, laxatives, diet pills, or drugs to reduce fluids. The cycle continues, although some people with bulimia follow binging only with fasting and exercise; they are considered to have nonpurging bulimia. Most people with bulimia, however, have a normal to high-normal body weight, although it may fluctuate by more than 10 pounds because of the binge–purge cycle; in some cases, bulimia may progress to anorexia.

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Jul 18, 2016 | Posted by in SPORT MEDICINE | Comments Off on Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia

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