Types of Eating Disorders

There are many different types of eating disorders, but they are all characterized by an inability or unwillingness to maintain a healthy relationship with food. Usually, all types of eating disorders will leave the victim either underweight or overweight, and eating disorders often have inherent psychological factors as well. The main three types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and addictive eating disorder. First, there’s anorexia, probably the most common and well known of all the eating disorders. In this eating disorder, the victim purposely avoids eating an adequate amount so that she can either lose more weight or avoid gaining additional weight. While not eating does make you thin, it also

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