Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are abnormal eating habits that can threaten your health or even your life. They include:

Anorexia nervosa: Individuals believe they’re fat even when they’re dangerously thin and restrict their eating to the point of starvation.

Bulimia nervosa: Individuals eat excessive amounts of food, then purge by making themselves vomit or using laxatives.

Binge eating: Individuals have out-of-control eating patterns, but don’t purge.

Learn About Eating Disorders Eating disorders.  Almost everyone worries about their weight occasionally. People with eating disorders take such concerns to extremes. Learn more about eating disorders and how psychologists treat them.

Getting Help

Find a Psychologist Treatment for anorexia and bulimia. Therapy can help restore a healthy attitude toward eating. Treatment for binge eating. Experts agree that binge eating treatment must tackle the obesity that comes with binge eating and the psychological problems that underlie the disorder. But they’re still debating which aspect to treat first.

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