There's no single cause for eating disorders. Genes, environment, and stressful events all play a role. Some things can increase a person's chance of having an eating disorder, such as:. Health care providers and mental health professionals diagnose eating disorders based on history, symptoms, thought patterns, eating behaviors, and an exam. The doctor will check weight and height and compare these to previous measurements on growth charts.
The doctor may order tests to see if there is another reason for the eating problems and to check for problems caused by the eating disorder. Eating disorders are best treated by a team that includes a doctor, dietitian, and therapist. Treatment includes nutrition counseling, medical care, and talk therapy individual, group, and family therapy. The doctor might prescribe medicine to treat binge eating, anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns.
The details of the treatment depend on the type of eating disorder and how severe it is. Some people are hospitalized because of extreme weight loss and medical complications. Tell someone. Tell a parent, teacher, counselor, or an adult you trust. Let them know what you're going through. Ask them to help. Get help early. While women are the most prone to eating disorders, especially bulimia, the disorder is not gender specific.
According to ANAD, up to 15 percent of people being treated for bulimia and anorexia are male. Men are often less likely to exhibit noticeable symptoms or seek appropriate treatments. This can put them at risk for health problems. Not everyone with bulimia is ultra-thin. Anorexia causes a large calorie deficit, leading to extreme weight loss. People with bulimia can experience episodes of anorexia, but they still tend to consume more calories overall through bingeing and purging.
This explains why many people with bulimia still retain normal body weights. This can be deceptive to loved ones, and can even cause a doctor to miss the diagnosis. This eating disorder causes more than just unhealthy weight loss. Every system in your body is dependent on nutrition and healthy eating habits to function properly. When you disrupt your natural metabolism through binging and purging, your body can be seriously affected.
Women with bulimia often experience missed periods. Bulimia can have lasting effects on reproduction even when your menstrual cycle goes back to normal. Antidepressants have the potential to improve bulimic symptoms in people who also have depression.
It has been found to help prevent binges and purges. Bulimia is treatable, but symptoms often come back without warning. According to ANAD, only 1 out of 10 people seek treatment for eating disorders.
For the best chance at recovery, identify your underlying cues and warning signs. The majority of individuals with bulimia nervosa are normal weight or are overweight. However, just because someone is normal weight or overweight does not mean they have an eating disorder. The same holds true for individuals who are underweight.
Weight, itself, does not determine an eating disorder nor is the cause of an eating disorder. Rather, eating disorders are diagnosed based on behaviors. Underlying triggers such as depression, anxiety, abuse, trauma and low-self esteem are usually responsible for the development of bulimia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders are not about food. Fenkci et al have shown that a week aerobic exercise decrease BMI, waist and weight measurements significantly. Consequently, they have indicated that aerobic exercise induces improvement in body fat composition and has a favorable metabolic effect in obese women with severe eating disorders [ 21 ].
In contrast exercise programs for weight loss are not always successful because of dropout rates, complaints of discomfort during exercise and inability to control participants' eating during the program.
Furthermore, achieving weight loss in overweight and obese individuals is difficult, particularly in the presence of anxiety and depression [ 22 ]. Levine et al demonstrated that a 6- month exercise intervention in obese women with binge eating disorder did not significantly improve symptomatology of eating disorders in comparison with control subjects [ 23 ].
It may be related to duration of exercise in this study in obese women. The present study concluded that there is the need to aggressively promote lifestyle intervention, especially exercise.
Although our study population was small, moderate physical activity was shown to be associated with weight loss and healthier body in obese women with bulimia nervosa. It seems that moderate aerobic exercises such as walking are suitable behavior therapies for overcoming bulimia nervosa in obese young women. The work was supported by University of Guilan. We would like to acknowledge our colleague Dr.
Mohsen Madah, who assisted in diagnosis of bulimia nervosa in our participants. We also gratefully acknowledge all subjects who cooperated in this investigation. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U.
Asian J Sports Med. Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer. E-mail: moc. Received Aug 30; Accepted Nov This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.
Abstract Purpose Obesity has been identified as a risk factor for the development of bulimia nervosa BN in those who try to lose weight. Conclusion This study demonstrated that moderate aerobic exercises such as moderate walking are suitable behavior therapies for overcoming bulimia nervosa in obese young women. Anthropometric measurement Body weight and height were recorded and BMI was calculated as weight kg divided by height m squared. Open in a separate window. Conflict of interests : None.
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