Eating Disorders

ROMAN FROLKA
Eating Disorders
 Mental disorders defined by
abnormal eating behaviors

 Causes of eating disorders

are not clear – biological
and environmental factors
 Treatment varies by disorder
– mainly counseling, dietary
advice or medications
Types of Eating Disorders
Anorexia nervosa

 Characterized by abnormally low body weight and

distorted perception of weight
 Fear of weight gain – different means of losing
weight
 Main symptom is extreme weight loss
 More common in women
 Anorexia can be fatal – imbalance of minerals in your
body, kidney problems
Bulimia nervosa

 Characterized by binge-eating large amounts of food

and then urge of trying to get rid of calories in an
unhealthy way – vomiting, laxatives

 Bulimia may cause heart problems, digestive problems

or severe gum diseases
Binge Eating Disorder

 Eating very large quantities of food

 More common than other eating disorders
 Unlike people with bulimia, they don’t usually
follow this by getting rid of the food in an unhealthy
way
 Binge eating disorder cause mainly extreme weight
gain
Pica

 Name comes from Latin word for magpie

 Eating of things that are not food – wood, chalk,
metal, glass, etc.

 Can cause intoxication and surgical emergencies

 Commonly seen in pregnant women, small children
and people with autism

 Main form of treatment for pica is therapy

Avoidant/restrictive food
intake disorder (ARFID)
 Eating disorder in which people eat only within an
extreme narrow repertoire of foods
 Patients are extremely picky eaters
 Limited variety of preferred foods based on brand,
texture, taste
 It may cause nutritional deficiencies or other negative
health outcomes
Orthorexia

 Unhealthy obsession with eating “pure” food

 Food considered “pure” vary from person to person
 People feel guilty if they eat food they consider
unhealthy
Night Eating Syndrome

 Occurs along frequent sleep interruptions

 Patients wake up during the night to eat
 NES increases the risk of health problems like
diabetes and high blood pressure
 About 1 in 100 people have NES
Vampirism

 Commonly known as Renfield's syndrome

 Subtype of Pica
 It causes an irresistible thirst for blood

 Has 3 phases:
1. Drinking your own blood
2. Drinking blood of smaller animals
3. Drinking other people's blood
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Videos:

 Woman Eats 100 Square Meters Of Dry Wall In 7 Years | My Strange Addiction –
YouTube
 Eating Nothing But Fries For 26 Years (Food Addition Story) | Freaky Eaters (US)
S1 E4 | Only Human - YouTube
Sources:

 Night Eating Syndrome (NES): What Is It, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment (cleve
landclinic.org)
 Types of Eating Disorder (beateatingdisorders.org.uk)
 Anorexia nervosa - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
 Bulimia nervosa - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic