Overview

An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one's physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person's life. According to the authors of Surviving an Eating Disorder, "feelings about work, school, relationships, day-to-day activities and one's experience of emotional well being are determined by what has or has not been eaten or by a number on a scale." Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the most common eating disorders generally recognized by medical classification schemes, with a significant diagnostic overlap between the two. Together, they affect an estimated 5-7% of females in the United States during their lifetimes. There is a third type of eating disorder currently being investigated and defined - Binge Eating Disorder. This is a chronic condition that occurs when an individual consumes huge amounts of food during a brief period of time and feels totally out of control and unable to stop their eating. It can lead to serious health conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

My Daughter Learned About Eating Disorder's From Me!

Is there any individual on the planet who said at least once in his or her lifetime "I swear I will never do that to my children"? How inept he or she feels as the realization that he or she recognizes they have done just that! Eating disorder's are a learned behavior if the parent's eat abnormally whether too much or not enough, if he or she eats on the run, standing up not at the table, don't eat after a certain time of day and so on.

Little minds pick up on this and implement this same behavior into their lives. How heart wrenching to have a mother or father call and tell a story about his or her daughter binging and purging every-time she eats. After listening for a few minutes inevitably the story unfolds and the parent discloses that they too have an eating disorder or had one and now are in recovery themselves.

Eating disorder's tend to be a disease of isolation, guilt and shame, the parent is reliving the life they lead by viewing the child who by the way could be a 44 year old female. So what happens when he or she recognizes the individual needs help and possibly he or she does too? Undergoing and eating disorder quiz then an assessment this will allow her to recognize whether or not the disease exists.

Talking with eating disorders specialist and making the decision to go to an inpatient treatment center for eating disorders. Some individuals feel shame in admitting the problem and getting help. The most liberating experience is for her to admit to the eating disorder and get help. Help is available just reach out and grab it!



Autor: Joanna Painton

Joanna works for the Women's Behavioral Program. She has overcome adversities and shares her hope with anyone she comes in contact with. Joanna is a known published author in the Bariatric and Weight Loss Community, she has spent the last 13 years helping to inspire and motivate people on the value of the body, mind and spirit connection.

Please feel free to contact Joanna at http://www.womenstreatmentprogram.com or by e-mail joanna@recoveryconnection.org


Added: May 13, 2009
Source: http://ezinearticles.com/

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