People With Eating Disorders |
In America there is a wide range of people with severe eating disorders, sometimes is due to malnutrition or eating junk food, but in other cases its a consequence of psychological problems in the teenager.
More than 8 million americans have eating disorders and 7 million of them are women. This is a serious issue that should be treat it by a professional, the problem is that in many cases the person dont want to admit that she needs help.
There have been different studies about eating disorders, its divided in 2 main catergories:
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Anorexia has become a real issue for a lot of teenagers specialy women, there is a social culture of being thing and have a good looking body. Sometimes teenagers under 20 years old, get so obsessed with losing pounds and getting rid of fat that it becomes anorexia.
Bulimia its similar eating disorder but instead of not eating, she will eat a lot but then go to the bathroom and vomit it. If she dont want to vomit, she will force herself.
This has serious health consequences for the body that can lead to other several diseases, because the body lacks of enough defenses in the immunte system.
Its important that parents learn about these eating disorders and be informed so they can recognize the common symptoms. Here are some of the general symptoms:
excesive exercise to burn the calories of little food.
Eating very little or nothing at all
Avoids social interaction
Vomits frequently
Obsession to loss fat when she is skinny
If any of the above symptoms are present, she proably has an eating disorder and needs their parents support and professional help also. There are many cases of dead by eating disorders.
Quick Tip #1
Teenagers have a huge risk of falling in eating disorders and need to be adviced on the proper way to lose weight and eat healthy |
Quick Tip #2
Having Eating disorders can damage your healthy seriously and cause you Anorexia or Bulimia that sometimes lead to death |
Quick Tip #3
Its important not to follow all the Media fashion, eating disorders are consequences of following the media mindset, you need to learn how to eat healthy foods and follow a Nutritionist Plan to lose weight |
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