Eating disorder

Every third person in the world encounters eating disorders, but many do not attach importance to it, and completely in vain: this problem is fraught with negative consequences from the point of view of psychology and physiology.

Eating disorders: types and causes ^

Eating disorder is a psychological disorder, caused either by excessive eating( overeating) or by refusing food( anorexia).

This disease has exclusively psychological roots and is treated only by a psychotherapist, because even the most highly qualified psychologist can be powerless.

In medicine, several types of eating disorders have been identified with precision:

• Anorexia: this disorder is accompanied by an intentional desire to lose weight. Often, people deliberately induce vomiting, refuse food, and ultimately lead to dystrophy, but a person realizes the problem only in exceptional cases. Treatment should be carried out under the strict supervision of the therapist;
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• Bulimia. Here everything happens the other way round: a person uses food uncontrollably, more often understands that the problem should be got rid of, but does not know how to stop;
• Psychogenic overeating: in this case eating food psychologically for a person is a kind of solution to problems. Occurs as a reaction to stress, loss of loved ones, etc.

There are more dangerous types of eating disorders. For example, drahnorexia, in which a person decides to replace high-calorie food with alcohol in order to lose weight, leads to chronic alcoholism, or pregelaxia: this disorder occurs in pregnant women who want to save the figure at any cost. They deliberately refuse to eat, so that the fruit may suffer.

What are the causes of eating disorders:

• Most often, people with anorexia or bulimia are affected by inherited or psychological factors;
• Health problems also often affect the appetite and psyche of a person;
• The influence of fashion: recently it is believed that girls should only be thin. If there is at least a little excess weight that does not affect your health( up to 10 kg) - many are eager to get rid of it in every way: sit on hard diets, spend whole days in the gym;
• Phobias: for example, fear of public places;
• Depression: it can cause both bulimia and anorexia - it all depends on the psyche of a particular person.

It should be noted that the psychosomatic features in all cases are the same, becausethe food disorder itself is a purely psychological disease.

Consequences of eating disorders - gluttony - are very different:

• Overweight( 100% of cases);
• Obesity( 80% of cases);
• Diseases of internal organs;
• Increased amount of visceral fat;
• Diabetes mellitus;
• Shortness of breath;
• Cardiovascular diseases;
• Increased cholesterol;
• Hypertension.

With regard to eating disorders in anorexia nervosa, the consequences may be more severe:

• Hormonal disorders;
• The destruction of bones and muscles;
• Infertility;
• Anemia;
• Metabolic disorders.

Treatment of eating disorders ^

Eating disorder test

The test is the first thing to go through in order to diagnose the disease first. For this, it is necessary to answer "yes" or "no" to several questions:

• Does it frighten me that I will get fat;
• When I'm hungry, I still try not to eat;
• I notice that eating too often think about food;
• I often start uncontrollably eating, and I can not stop;
• Every time I share food in small pieces;
• I count the calories;
• I never eat foods that contain fast carbohydrates( chocolate, biscuits, pasta, etc.);
• As soon as I sing, I get sick;
• I have an obsessive desire to lose weight;
• I am often told that I am very thin;
• On my table there are only dietary dishes;
• Others constantly say that I need to eat more;
• After meals, I usually specifically induce vomiting.

If at least 5 positive responses have been given, it may be that eating disorders are required, and you need to see a doctor so that he can accurately determine the type, stage and treatment.

Eating disorders in children

Perhaps the most difficult to diagnose eating disorders in adolescents and children, because parents in most cases can not control the diet of their child due to heavy employment. The main reason for such a problem is the trend of the fashion or peer pressure.

The heaviest for those children who are overweight, because their more harmonious coevals can simply mock them, and the child's self-esteem is reduced, he closes in himself, refuses food, and then again can break down and start to uncontrollably eat.

In the end, serious mental complications can develop, so the doctor's help is mandatory, becauseOnly he owns methods of psycho-correction that can help.

What help parents can give to a child:

• Take it as an interesting thing: write to the pool, often walk with him. Moderate physical activity not only positively affects health, but also helps to remove excess weight. The main thing is not to overdo it, because even losing weight, a teenager can still think that it is fat, and this is fraught with anorexia;
• Pay more attention and do not treat the problem lightly, because it is a consequence of only psychological factors.

Eating Disorder: Overeating or Anorexia

Despite the fact that the diseases have different seizures, there is one method of eliminating them:

• One should try to understand that eating or lacking it does not solve the problem;
• Your diet should be made in such a way that it contains only useful products that do not cause excessive appetite or vice versa - not dulling the feeling of hunger;
• It is necessary to eat often, but in small portions, and gradually the stomach will get used to another volume of food;
• It is compulsory to visit a psychotherapist for psychotherapy of eating disorders: he can prescribe medication and procedures that will relieve food dependence.

Prevention of eating disorders ^

To prevent bulimia or anorexia, it is worth reading the recommendations of psychologists:

• You need to treat food more calmly and not think about it 24 hours a day;
• Having thought over your diet, you can avoid negative consequences for health;
• It is desirable to eat only useful products, but should not be categorically refused, for example, from chocolate or ice cream - they can be consumed in moderation.