Eating Disorders in Women
What are eating disorders?
Let's refer to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, eating disorders are more frequent. We talk about anorexia nervosa when a person is in dire need of losing weight, even when their weight is between 15% and 60% below what might be expected for their age, sex and height. Those who suffer from this disorder, which are usually more women than men feel "terror" to get fat, even if they are extremely thin. Normally are not thin because they distort the perception of their body image. This extreme thinness has serious problems such as amenorrhea (loss of menstruation) and may lead to death.
Patients with bulimia nervosa go through phases where there are large binge eating, so excessive and uncontrolled. As you feel fat, these people throw up to lose weight, and taking laxatives and diuretics. Physical exercise are also exaggerated.
Three in 10 cases of patients with anorexia nervosa eating also occasionally in excess, then vomiting, as in bulimia.
Who suffers from eating disorders?
We can estimate Spanish 1 million the number of people affected by anorexia and bulimia. Studies show that 9 out of 10 cases occur in women. They tend to be perfectionists and people with a family environment particularly demanding. These disorders are more common in industrialized societies. As for the age of onset, anorexia typically begins between 14 and 18 years, while bulimia appears from 20 years of age.
Lately come increasingly diagnosed cases of so-called "orthorexia" consisting of pathological obsession biologically pure food. Experts (Calanas, 2003) estimate that 1% of the Spanish population suffers ostorexia.
What are the causes of eating disorders?
There appears to be a single cause, but rather an accumulation of factors that triggers these disorders. The truth is that the people affected by anorexia and bulimia look fat, with excess fat and are dissatisfied with it. Among the factors that can trigger anorexia and bulimia include:
There may be a familial predisposition.
Recent research concludes that vulnerability to a disorder of eating behavior is determined by genetic and environmental factors, although the former seem to have a greater weight.
May also be involved biological factors.
They are more likely to have these disorders who have a perfectionist personality, ambitious and rigid.
They tend to be people dissatisfied with their physical and low self-esteem.
Are more likely people living in harsh that he successfully consecrate and control over oneself.
It can occur in adolescents going through times of uncertainty about their sexual orientation.
Strongly influence the media in our society. Reflect the prototype and desirable successful person is thin, attractive, athletic, and watch your diet. We see it in the model, the biggest stars and the people who appear in the media.
Let's refer to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, eating disorders are more frequent. We talk about anorexia nervosa when a person is in dire need of losing weight, even when their weight is between 15% and 60% below what might be expected for their age, sex and height. Those who suffer from this disorder, which are usually more women than men feel "terror" to get fat, even if they are extremely thin. Normally are not thin because they distort the perception of their body image. This extreme thinness has serious problems such as amenorrhea (loss of menstruation) and may lead to death.
Patients with bulimia nervosa go through phases where there are large binge eating, so excessive and uncontrolled. As you feel fat, these people throw up to lose weight, and taking laxatives and diuretics. Physical exercise are also exaggerated.
Three in 10 cases of patients with anorexia nervosa eating also occasionally in excess, then vomiting, as in bulimia.
Who suffers from eating disorders?
We can estimate Spanish 1 million the number of people affected by anorexia and bulimia. Studies show that 9 out of 10 cases occur in women. They tend to be perfectionists and people with a family environment particularly demanding. These disorders are more common in industrialized societies. As for the age of onset, anorexia typically begins between 14 and 18 years, while bulimia appears from 20 years of age.
Lately come increasingly diagnosed cases of so-called "orthorexia" consisting of pathological obsession biologically pure food. Experts (Calanas, 2003) estimate that 1% of the Spanish population suffers ostorexia.
What are the causes of eating disorders?
There appears to be a single cause, but rather an accumulation of factors that triggers these disorders. The truth is that the people affected by anorexia and bulimia look fat, with excess fat and are dissatisfied with it. Among the factors that can trigger anorexia and bulimia include:
There may be a familial predisposition.
Recent research concludes that vulnerability to a disorder of eating behavior is determined by genetic and environmental factors, although the former seem to have a greater weight.
May also be involved biological factors.
They are more likely to have these disorders who have a perfectionist personality, ambitious and rigid.
They tend to be people dissatisfied with their physical and low self-esteem.
Are more likely people living in harsh that he successfully consecrate and control over oneself.
It can occur in adolescents going through times of uncertainty about their sexual orientation.
Strongly influence the media in our society. Reflect the prototype and desirable successful person is thin, attractive, athletic, and watch your diet. We see it in the model, the biggest stars and the people who appear in the media.
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