Health Project: Mental Disorders

Henry Cuevas

Period 1

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are characterized as abnormal eating habits that may involve either eating too much, not eating enough, or not eating at all.

Eating disorders can effect a person’s mental health by making them believe if they restrain themselves from eating or not enough they will feel better about themselves even though this can make their physical health worse.

Most eating disorders are provoked by stress or depression.

Eating disorders can effect a person’s emotional health by providing a sense of comfort.

Disorders that fit this category are:

Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Orthorexia Pica Night Eating Syndrome Hyperphagia

AnorexiaBulimia

Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating. Most people who have bulimia use laxatives or purge right after eating.

One way this disorder effects a person’s brain is by making them believe they have to purge or go to the bathroom right after eating, this is because they have done it so much their body is used to doing it after eating.

This disorder can effect a person’s behavior by effecting the relationships around that person through argument, changing the way the person reacts around food, and causing them to increase their judgment on how they look themselves.

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Text Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulimia_nervosa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_disorders http://www.angelfire.com/bc/peacelovehope/bulimia.html