Eating Disorders

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Symptoms Of Anorexia Nervosa

• significant or extreme weight loss with no known medical illness
• reduction in food intake
• ritualistic eating habits such as cutting up meat into extremely small bites or chewing every bite excessively
• denies hunger
• critical and intolerant of others
• exercises excessively
• chooses low to no fat and low calorie foods
• says he/she is too fat, even when this is not true
• practices highly self-controlled behavior
• hides feelings

Symptoms Of Bulimia Nervosa

• makes excuses to go to the bathroom after meals
• shows mood swings
• buys large amounts of food which suddenly disappears
• has unusual swelling around the jaw
• eats large amounts of food on the spur of the moment

Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder

• frequently eats an abnormally amount of food in a discrete period of time
• eats rapidly
• eats to the point of being uncontrollably full
• often eats alone
• shows irritation and disgust with self after overeating
• does not use methods to purge