Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder are all types of eating disorders. Eating disorders frequently develop during adolescence or early adulthood, but can occur during childhood or later in adulthood. Females are more likely than males to develop an eating disorder.
Some of the adolescents who diet and control their weight successfully may become so concerned about food and about weight control that their eating behavior escapes from what is considered ‘normal’, and they decided to pursue thinness – becoming anorexia nervosa victims.
Starving is a way for people with anorexia to feel more in control of their lives and to ease tension, anger, and anxiety. Purging and other behaviors to prevent weight gain are ways for people with bulimia to feel more in control of their lives and to ease stress and anxiety.
While no one cause for an eating disorder has been found, there are many factors that contribute to these illness.
Culture. The U.S. has a social and cultural ideal of extreme thinness. Women partially define themselves by how physically attractive they are. It is in this global, media-based world, thinness increasingly represents not only attractiveness, but also self-sacrifice, virtue, success, control and status.
Personal characteristics. Feelings of helplessness, worthlessness, and poor self-image often accompany eating disorders.
Other emotional disorders. Other mental health problems, like depression or anxiety, occur along with eating disorders. One of the primary purposes having an eating disorder serves in life is that it helps to manage emotions. Bingeing can soothe, comfort, calm and subtract. Both restricting and bingeing can numb and suppress emotions.
Stressful events or life changes. Things like starting a new school or job or being teased to traumatic events like rape can lead to the onset of eating disorders.
Biology. Studies are being done to look at genes, hormones, and chemicals in the brain that may have an effect on the development of, and recovery from eating disorders. The findings suggest that genes comprise part of the risk picture for developing an eating disorders.
As with many other psychological disorders, the impact of biological factors in starvation eating disorders is strong. The most likely explanation for why people develop eating disorders like anorexia is that biology provides a strong vulnerability or predisposition to developing an eating disorders and then other factors add to a person’s vulnerability.
Families. The attitude of parents about appearance and diet affects their kids' attitudes. Also, if your mother or sister has bulimia, you are more likely to have it. There is evidence that once has a higher risk of developing an eating disorder of a relative has one and an even higher risk if it is a first degree relative.
Factors contributing to eating disorders
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