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Eating disorders (EDs) are characterized by abnormal and disturbed eating patterns that affect the lives of the individuals who worry about their weight to the extreme. These abnormal eating patterns involve either inadequate or excessive food intake, affecting the individual's physical and mental health .
Binge eating disorder affects about 1.6% of women and 0.8% of men in a given year. [1] According to one analysis, the percent of women who will have anorexia at some point in their lives may be up to 4%, or up to 2% for bulimia and binge eating disorders. [10] Rates of eating disorders appear to be lower in less developed countries. [17]
NEDA holds "National Eating Disorder Awareness Week" annually during the last week of February. [7] [8] It has hosted charity walks for eating disorder awareness in various U.S. cities. [9] [10] In 2012, NEDA launched Proud2BMe, a website aimed at teenagers to promote positive body image and healthy eating. [11]
A comparison of family to individual therapy was conducted with eighty anorexia patients. The study showed family therapy to be the more effective approach in patients under 18 and within 3 years of the onset of their illness. [1] Subsequent research confirmed the efficacy of family-based treatment for teens with anorexia nervosa.
This eating disorder that affects older adults has two types – early onset and late onset. [222] Early onset refers to a recurrence of anorexia in late life in an individual who experienced the disease during their youth. [222] Late onset describes instances where the eating disorder begins for the first time late in life. [222]
Promotion of anorexia is the promotion of behaviors related to the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.It is often referred to simply as pro-ana or ana. [1] The lesser-used term pro-mia refers likewise to bulimia nervosa [2] and is sometimes used interchangeably with pro-ana.
Letting Ana Go is a 2013 book about a girl suffering from anorexia nervosa, published anonymously with no discernible author.The main character, "Ana", is a sophomore student and athletic track star who keeps a strict food diary and finds herself growing increasingly distant from her own family, while her own mother struggles with newfound morbid obesity and separation from her husband.
Anorexia is a medical term for a loss of appetite. While the term outside of the scientific literature is often used interchangeably with anorexia nervosa , many possible causes exist for a loss of appetite, some of which may be harmless, while others indicate a serious clinical condition or pose a significant risk.