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Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses characterized by disturbances in eating behaviors, thoughts, and body image that can be life-threatening. People with eating disorders experience medical, psychiatric, and social complications including impairment to roles and functions, psychiatric and behavioral problems, medical issues, social isolation, disability, and increased mortality from medical complications or suicide. The mortality rate for those with eating disorders is up to six times higher than those without, with anorexia nervosa carrying the highest mortality of any psychiatric condition. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.

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Eating Disorders Assignment

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses characterized by disturbances in eating behaviors, thoughts, and body image that can be life-threatening. People with eating disorders experience medical, psychiatric, and social complications including impairment to roles and functions, psychiatric and behavioral problems, medical issues, social isolation, disability, and increased mortality from medical complications or suicide. The mortality rate for those with eating disorders is up to six times higher than those without, with anorexia nervosa carrying the highest mortality of any psychiatric condition. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.

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Eating disorder:

Eating disorders are serious, complex and potentially life-threatening mental illnesses. They are
characterized by disturbances in behaviors, thoughts and attitudes to food, eating, and body
weight or shape. Eating disorders have detrimental impacts upon a person’s life and result in
serious medical, psychiatric and psychosocial consequences.

Eating disorders are associated with serious medical and psychological complications. A person
with an eating disorder may experience long-term impairment to social and functional roles, and
the impact may include psychiatric and behavioral problems, medical complications, social
isolation, disability and an increased risk of death as a result of medical complications or suicide.
Suicide is a major cause of mortality for people with eating disorders.

The mortality rate for people with eating disorders is up to six times higher than that for people
without eating disorders. The increased risk of premature death exists for all types of eating
disorders. However people living with anorexia nervosa have the highest mortality rate of all
psychiatric conditions due to both psychological and physiological complications.

Prevalence:

Eating disorders are common and increasing in prevalence. There is a lifetime estimated
prevalence of 8.4% for women and 2.2% for men.

Types of eating disorder:

1. Anorexia nervosa: People with anorexia generally view themselves as overweight, even
if they’re dangerously underweight.

2. Bulimia nervosa: People with bulimia frequently eat unusually large amounts of food in
a specific period of time.

3. Binge eating disorder: It typically begins during adolescence and early adulthood,
although it can develop later on.

Causes:

• Family history. Eating disorders are significantly more likely to occur in people who
have parents or siblings who've had an eating disorder.
• Other mental health disorders. People with an eating disorder often have a history of
an anxiety disorder, depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• Psychological and emotional health. People with eating disorders may have
psychological and emotional problems that contribute to the disorder. They may have low
self-esteem, perfectionism.
Anorexia nervosa:

Generally develops during adolescence or young adulthood and tends to affect more women than
men. People with anorexia generally view themselves as overweight, even if they’re dangerously
underweight. They tend to constantly monitor their weight, avoid eating certain types of foods,
and severely restrict their calorie intake.

Diagnostic criteria:

A. Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements, leading to a significantly low body


weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
Significantly low weight is defined as a weight that is less than minimally normal or, for
children and adolescents, less than that minimally expected.
B. Intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent behavior that interferes
with weight gain, even though at a significantly low weight.
C. Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue
influence of body weight or shape on self- evaluation, or persistent lack of recognition of
the seriousness of the current low body weight.

Severity:

• Mild: BMI > 17kg


• Moderate: BMI 16-16.99kg
• Severe: BMI 15-15.99 kg
• Extreme: BMI < 15 kg

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