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... Anorexia nervosa is basically when a person starves them self by eating very little or nothing at all. ... The process of eating becomes an obsession to them. Eating habits develop that are not normal, such as staying away from food and meals, picking out only a few foods and eating these in small amounts, or carefully weighing out food portions to eat. ... Exercising to excess and fasting can also occur to make sure no weight is gained after binge eating. ... Feelings of disgust and shame after binge eating are common, as well as feelings of relief after purging. Eating binges can happen once or twice a week or as much as a few times a day. ... I also have found out lately that many other people that I knew have had problems with eating disorders and some still do. ... Also, these eating disorders are mostly found in adolescent girls. ... Although the typical person with an eating disorder is young, there have been a growing number of cases in older women and men. Also, it was thought that eating disorders affected mostly white women. ...
There are many reasons that young women are the most vulnerable to having an eating disorder. They are more at risk for eating disorders because of a need to have the "ideal" figure often shown in the media (TV, magazines, and movies). ...
The next goal of my search was to find out the causes of eating disorders. ... Anorexia and Bulimia are very complicated disorders and the reasons for developing them can be different from one person to the next. Although many view these behaviors as self-destructive acts, most individuals who develop eating disorders do not think that they are harming themselves. Actually, most people with eating disorders feel that they begin the behaviors to try to fix problems they are experiencing in their lives. ... This usually leads to the person having low self-esteem, which is a main cause of eating disorders. Another cause of eating disorders is a major life change. ... Some individuals with eating disorders can put the blame on their families. ... Many people with eating disorders are just people that have high expectations of themselves, and when they fail at something, they try to improve by controlling their weight. One very probable cause of eating disorders in many people is a history of physical or sexual abuse.
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