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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Mental illness characterized by abnormal eating habits that adversely affect health Medical condition Eating disorder Specialty Psychiatry, clinical psychology Symptoms Abnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health Complications Anxiety disorders, depression ...
Reported disordered eating peaked between ages 15 and 17 with the risk of eating disorder occurrences in females 12.7 times greater than of that in males. This is, "of particular interest as it has been shown that maternal ED [eating disorders] predict disordered eating behaviour in their daughters." [9] This suggests that poor eating habits ...
Bulimia nervosa, also known simply as bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating (eating large quantities of food in a short period of time, often feeling out of control) followed by compensatory behaviors, such as vomiting, excessive exercise, or fasting to prevent weight gain.
Individuals with eating disorders show increased tendencies to direct their attention toward irregular eating-related thought processing and attentional bias compared to non-ED individuals. [3] [4] [5] Studies have suggested a strong link between eating disorders and information processing, such as attention and memory. [4]
Autism spectrum disorders occur more commonly among people with eating disorders than in the general population, [66] with about 30% of children and adults with AN likely having autism. [67] Zucker et al. (2007) proposed that conditions on the autism spectrum make up the cognitive endophenotype underlying anorexia nervosa and appealed for ...
It was continued to use throughout the late 1900s with more cases reported of the condition. In the 21st century, food addiction are often associated with eating disorders. [5] The term binge eating is defined as eating an unhealthy amount of food while feeling that one's sense of control has been lost. [6]
Emotional eating, also known as stress eating and emotional overeating, [1] is defined as the "propensity to eat in response to positive and negative emotions". [2] While the term commonly refers to eating as a means of coping with negative emotions, it sometimes includes eating for positive emotions, such as overeating when celebrating an event or to enhance an already good mood.
This method focuses not only what is thought to be the central cognitive disturbance in eating disorders (i.e., over-evaluation of eating, shape, and weight), but also on modifying the mechanisms that sustain eating disorder psychopathology, such as perfectionism, core low self-esteem, mood intolerance, and interpersonal difficulties. [5]