anorexia and bulimia

WHAT IS ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA?

Anorexia

Anorexia nervosa is also called slimmer’s diseases or self-starvation syndrome it is caused by nutritional disorder that occurs when a person intentionally refuses to eat enough food leading to the severe loss of body mass. this is caused by having too much obsession of losing their weight quickly and get slim, in most cases people who are fat or heavy can quickly develop anorexia nervosa as some of them desire to get slim.

Symptoms of Anorexia include

Muscles wasting which include weakening of heart muscle which can be caused by lacking of food in the body hence muscles get weakened and disappear, excessive loss of body mass, extremely fear of being fat or catching diseases which can be caused by obesity or hypertension, distorted body image or feeling fat when one is very thin.

Why do people have anorexia?

Desire to lose weight faster

People who think that they are fat or being told that they are fat they may end of thinking about reduce their body size, so they may be obsessed with body reduction methods and the best one they can think of is to abstain from eating a food, some people who have big weight can also be obsessed with the idea of losing their weight quickly which can lead to anorexia.

Carrier development

Some of the people experience anorexia because they want to develop certain carrier in their life and feel like they are not qualified for example some women want to be a model, some want to get into fashion or miss world competition, getting into the marathon and so on, these desires can cause one to use all the means to get slim which include to stop themselves from eating anything.

Inferiority complex

Another people get anorexia due to inferiority complex where they feel like in order for them to be loved then they have to be slim or lose some weight or reduce their body size, this can cause them to have a strong desire to get this done, so abstaining from eating could be suitable choice to them.

Fear of being sick

Another reason is that some people fear to get diseases like hypertension, obesity, cancer etc. and so they want to get rid of their weight very faster, and in most cases fat people can easily develop anorexia as some of them desire so much to get slim in very short period of time

Motives of the person before getting anorexia

A person become selective in the food that they eat or not eat at all.

1)a person refuse to eat foods which contain fat as it can lead to the increase in weight, foods like meat, chips and son on. Also they have tendency to escape the food with too much carbohydrates like rice etc.

2)a person tend to avoid food with too much of sugar like candy, chocolate, cakes and even sweetened drinks, escaping from drinking alcohol and other soft drinks.

3) a person tends to do excessive exercise in order to reduce weight in a very short period of time

4) a person may refuse to eat at all with the belief that more weight will be lost in just few amount of weeks

Bulimia Nervosa

This is the cause by excessive eating which causes nutritional disorder in the body this is followed by the attempt to remove food from the body this attempt could involve self-induced vomiting, fasting, excessive exercises or using drugs that causes empting of bowels or excessive urination

 People with bulimia have normal body mass and appearance hence it is difficult to tell that they have that problem. 

Why people get bulimia nervosa?

Too much eating is the only way a person can get bulimia nervosa, this can be cause by the following reasons

1)lavishness

A person who is so lavish when it comes to food is in danger of getting bulimia as they tend to eat everything and hate to share it with others, lavishness can cause someone to each even food which is not fresh.

2)desire to be fat

Some people are too slim and hence may desire to increase the size of their body, as the result they start to eat too much knowing that this can help increase their body size or their weight, and without even knowing it they may end up having bulimia

3)bad eating habit

Bad eating habit can lead to bulimia, some people love to eat everything that is placed in front of them without even considering the concept of balance diet or whether the food is fresh or not and as result could lead to bulimia.

4)desire to eat everything they see

This habit can be seen when there is event somewhere like birthday, wedding, holiday or get together when the time for food comes some people may desire to eat everything that placed in front of them even if they feel full, this could quickly cause bulimia nervosa.

5)lack of wisdom

People fail to understand how foods work in the body, some people don’t even understand the benefit of balance diet, these are among of the people who can easily get bulimia because they don’t choose what to eat, they tend to eat anything and everything.

Motives of the person before getting bulimia

  1)finish all the food placed before them even if they have had enough of it, usually this occur during events like wedding, birthday celebration, get together party etc.

2)carry some foods around so they can eat it, some people think that if they don’t carry food they may get hungry, so they carry foods in the bag all of the time, eating all the time this is not good eating habit as it could lead to bulimia

3)eating all the food for the fear that the food could get rot, people who are afraid that the food may go bad in the near future have tendency of eating it all, even if they don’t feel like eating, eating too much of it could be the source of bulimia nervosa.

 

 

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