Eating disorders
Let us highlight some of social and cultural factor......
Just think of the times when you have just finished having a
nice full meal, and feel that you cannot
have morsel more , and in comes your uncle with your favorite chocolates and
ice cream. You forget you are full and dive into chocolates and ice cream.
And in opposite, suppose you are really hungry, and that too
in a foreign country land , and all you can possibly think is food,and let’s
say looking at your difficulties someone takes a pity on you and offer you their
lunch consisting of worm, snake
or dog meat, would you accept such a proposition? Or would you consider consuming even gruel in such situation.?????
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OBESITY
Obesity is a condition of severe
overweight. Many would dismiss the problem as relating to a person
poor self-control. It is a complex
disorder of appetite regulation
and energy metabolism that is controlled
by biological factor. It lead to diabetes ,high blood pressure, an
increased risk of a heart attack, arthritis,sleep disturbances,certain type of
cancer and a lot of psychological
problem.
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ANOREXIA NER VOSA
This is an eating disorder characterized by
a preoccupation with food. People who are suffering from this disorder are
those who refuse to eat any food (self-starvation) and leading to a sudden weight loss. Physical cause of this condition are unknown,
but the psychology factor that contribute to anorexia nervosa include a
preoccupation with thinness ,in an attempt to avoid obesity. It may afflict men
and women of any age group, but it is more common among young
women between 12yrs to 30y.
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BULIMIA
Bulimia
is a eating disorder characterized by consuming vast amount of food ,follow by a feeling
of guilt which results in the person
resorting to self-induced vomiting and
taking of laxatives to rid the body of unwanted calories. This cycles of
bringing,vomiting taking laxative create a chemical imbalance in the person and
may sometimes lead to a heart failure but is usually not life threatening .