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Anorexia athletica is used to refer to "a disorder for athletes who engage in at least one unhealthy method of weight control". [2] Unlike anorexia nervosa, anorexia athletica does not have as much to do with body image as it does with performance. Athletes usually begin by eating more 'healthy' foods, as well as increasing their training.
Revenue (2016) $3,935,171. Expenses (2016) $3,619,563 [3] Employees (2023) 12 [4] Website. www.nationaleatingdisorders.org. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is an American non-profit organization devoted to preventing eating disorders, providing treatment referrals, and increasing the education and understanding of eating disorders.
Death rates from eating disorders, OWID. Eating disorders result in about 7,000 deaths a year as of 2010, making them the mental illnesses with the highest mortality rate. [347] Anorexia has a risk of death that is increased about 5 fold with 20% of these deaths as a result of suicide. [348]
Purging disorder. Purging disorder is an eating disorder characterized by the DSM-5 as self-induced vomiting, or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas to forcefully evacuate matter from the body. [1] Purging disorder differs from bulimia nervosa (BN) because individuals do not consume a large amount of food before they purge. [2]
ANAD assists people struggling with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and also provides resources for families, schools and the eating disorder community. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, ANAD is a non-profit organization working in the areas of support, awareness, advocacy, referral, education, and prevention.
Exercise bulimia. Exercise bulimia is a subset of the psychological disorder called bulimia in which a person is compelled to exercise in an effort aimed at burning the calories of food energy and fat reserves to an excessive level that negatively affects their health. The damage normally occurs through not giving the body adequate rest for ...
The prevalence of obesity in teenagers more than tripled from 5% to 18.1% in the same time frame. [72] In less than one generation, the average weight of a child has risen by 5 kg in the United States. [73] The CDC has reported that, in 2014, 17.2% of youth aged 2–19 were considered obese and another 16.2% were overweight. [74]
[37] Though the research on binge eating disorders tends to be concentrated in North America, the disorder occurs across cultures. [76] Increasing globalization has influenced the prevalence of eating disorders outside of the West. [37] In the US, BED is present in 0.8% of male adults and 1.6% of female adults in a given year. [77]