“The aim of NEDAwareness Week is to ultimately increase outreach and awareness of eating disorders and body image issues, while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access to treatment resources. Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening illnesses - not choices - and it's important to recognize the pressures, attitudes and behaviors that shape the disorder.”
People with eating disorders are typically classified as those who purge after eating (bulimia nervosa) or those who starve themselves and have excessive weight loss (anorexia nervosa). There are two additional types of eating disorders: binge eating disorder and eating disorder not otherwise specified. According to The National Eating Disorder Association, you do not have to be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa to have an eating disorder. You may have certain signs and symptoms that need to be addressed before it leads to a more life threatening eating disorder.
As I asked earlier when is it considered an issue?
Are you constantly thinking about your weight? Does it put you into a depressed state?
Do you binge eat?
Do you feel guilty after eating?
Does food control your day?
Do you exercise for extreme periods of time or multiple times a day without feeding your body properly?
Do you binge eat?
Do you feel guilty after eating?
Does food control your day?
Do you exercise for extreme periods of time or multiple times a day without feeding your body properly?
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