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    Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions characterized by severe disturbances in eating behaviors and thoughts about food, weight, and body shape. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. While the exact causes are unknown, genes, environment, stress, distorted body image, and mental health issues can increase risk. Eating disorders often emerge during adolescence and early adulthood and require specialized treatment to change unhealthy eating patterns and potentially reverse medical complications. Early detection and treatment are important for full recovery from these dangerous conditions.

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    Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions characterized by severe disturbances in eating behaviors and thoughts about food, weight, and body shape. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. While the exact causes are unknown, genes, environment, stress, distorted body image, and mental health issues can increase risk. Eating disorders often emerge during adolescence and early adulthood and require specialized treatment to change unhealthy eating patterns and potentially reverse medical complications. Early detection and treatment are important for full recovery from these dangerous conditions.

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    Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions characterized by severe disturbances in eating behaviors and thoughts about food, weight, and body shape. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. While the exact causes are unknown, genes, environment, stress, distorted body image, and mental health issues can increase risk. Eating disorders often emerge during adolescence and early adulthood and require specialized treatment to change unhealthy eating patterns and potentially reverse medical complications. Early detection and treatment are important for full recovery from these dangerous conditions.

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    Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions characterized by severe disturbances in eating behaviors and thoughts about food, weight, and body shape. Common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. While the exact causes are unknown, genes, environment, stress, distorted body image, and mental health issues can increase risk. Eating disorders often emerge during adolescence and early adulthood and require specialized treatment to change unhealthy eating patterns and potentially reverse medical complications. Early detection and treatment are important for full recovery from these dangerous conditions.

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    CARDENAL CUSHING SCHOOL

    EATING DISORDERS

    Members: Barrientos Andrea


    Pimentel Laura
    Soleto Noelia
    Teacher: Dolly Jaldin
    Grade: 3rd Secondary
    Management: 2022

    Santa Cruz – Bolivia


    Eating Disorders
    Eating disorders, are serious medical conditions with a biological influence that are characterized by
    severe disturbances in eating behaviors. Although there are times when many people may worry
    about their health, weight, or appearance, some become overly fixated or obsessed with weight loss,
    weight or body shape, and control of the food they eat.

    Are extreme manifestations of a variety of weight and eating concerns experienced by women and
    men.

    They are not a lifestyle, but are becoming more and more frequent.

    The exact cause of eating disorders is unknown.

    Although the term eating is self-explanatory, eating disorders are more than just food. They are
    complex mental health disorders that often require the intervention of specialized doctors and
    psychologists to alter their course.

    These disorders often manifest in adolescence and early adulthood, although they can appear at
    other ages. With treatment, you can return to healthier eating habits and sometimes reverse serious
    complications caused by your eating disorder.

    The most common types of eating disorder are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating
    disorder, and avoidant/restrictive eating disorder (ARFID).

    People with anorexia nervous:

     Eat very little on purpose, leading to a very low body weight


     Have an intense fear of gaining weight and fear of looking fat
     Have a distorted body image and look fat even when very thin

    People with bulimia nervous:

     They eat too much and feel out of control and can't stop eating. This is called "binge eating
    disorder."
     They do things to compensate for excess food

    People with binge eating disorder:

     Eat too much and feel out of control and can't stop eating
     Eat large amounts of food even when they are not hungry
     May feel bad or guilty after binge eating
     Often gain weight and may be very overweight
    People with avoidant/restrictive eating disorder:

     Have no interest in food or avoid food


     Lose weight or do not gain weight as expected
     Not afraid to gain weight
     Do not have a negative or distorted body image of themselves

    These types of disorders do not have a single cause. Genes, environment, and stress all play a role.

    However, there are different factors that increase the chances of having an eating disorder, such as
    being:

     Distorted or negative body image


     Focus too much on physical appearance or weight
     Go on a diet at an early age
     Playing sports that focus on weight (gymnastics, ballet, ice skating, and wrestling)
     Having a family member with an eating disorder
     Mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, or OCD

    Eating disorders can be successfully treated. Early detection and treatment are important for a full
    recovery.

    And if you think you might have an eating disorder:

     Explain it to someone.
     Ask for help as soon as possible.
     Go to all your medical visits
     Be patient with yourself.

    These disorders are a very great danger that exists in our times, these are all serious emotional
    problems that can have deadly consequences, that is why it is very important to be aware of the
    repercussions that our actions and words will have on others.

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