Thursday, January 4, 2007

Eating Disorders Can Be Directly Related To Emotional Disturbances

Weight Gain and emotional eating is prevalent among women and so is the opposite condition of weight gain fear. Weight gain fear is a much more serious issue for the associating psychological and physical disorders that surround this condition can be life threatening if taken to an extreme.

Emotional eating can be caused by a number of factors - many women use eating as an outlet for the release of stress, others may use it as a replacement for other habits that they may be trying to break such as smoking. If you are an expecting mother or you have children and are suffering from this habit then you may want to visit www.mommywithoutpounds.com and/or www.pregnancywithoutpounds.com - The author Michelle Moss is a health and wellness coach that has for almost 20 years been teaching, coaching and guiding women in the areas of health, eating and exercise.

If you have a fear of weight gain then you may want to review this list of characteristics and facts to ensure that you are not suffering from a condition called Anorexia Nervosa.

Some Characteristics of Anorexa Nervosa:

• an obsession over weight gain and being thin
• an huge fear of weight gain or having fat on the body
• low self esteem and a poor body image
• fluctuations and non-regular menstrual cycles
• even though this condition is most prevalent in women with men there would be a reduction in sexual drive

What is Anorexia Nervosa - Two Types

• Non-Eating Type - a person who just does not eat and
• Eating Type - a person who will binge eat and then vomit or extract the food from using laxatives or some other source.

Facts about Anorexia Nervosa

It most commonly afflicts female adolescents and on average will affect every 1 in 2500.

There is usually a psychological disorder that then is transferred over to the obsession of food. Extreme dieting and unusual food behavior is commonly noticed.

A focal point of ones life is body weight and image and dieting becomes increasingly important. There is usually a distorted image of oneself and a denial that one is extremely skinny.

If you or someone you know seems to have any of these eating disorders try to encourage them to see a professional to discuss further their condition. The chances are very good that they have some associated emotional issues that are causing this behavior.

Eating Disorders Can Be Directly Related To Emotional Disturbances
posted by Weight Gain Fear on 1/04/2007

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Anonymous said...

January 11, 2007 8:25 PM

I'm surprised that it only affects 1 of 2500 teen girls. You would think that will all the MTV videos and fashion-hype that more teens would be affected.

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