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Eating Disorder Counseling Monmouth County NJ

Eating Disorder Counseling Monmouth County NJ

What Is an Eating Disorder?

Eating Disorder Counseling Monmouth County NJ
Eating Disorder Counseling Monmouth County NJ

An eating disorder is an illness that leads people to overeat, starve themselves, or adopt other unhealthy behaviors surrounding food and body weight. These disorders — binge eating, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia — are not simply bad habits. They interfere with daily life and without proper treatment they can cause serious health problems.

What Is an Eating Disorder?

An eating disorder is an illness that leads people to overeat, starve themselves, or adopt other unhealthy behaviors surrounding food and body weight. These disorders — binge eating, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia — are not simply bad habits. They interfere with daily life and without proper treatment they can cause serious health problems.

Eating disorders are a group of conditions marked by an unhealthy relationship with food. There are three main types of eating disorders:

Anorexia nervosa. This is characterized by weight loss often due to excessive dieting and exercise, sometimes to the point of starvation. People with anorexia feel they can never be thin enough and continue to see themselves as “fat” despite extreme weight loss.

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). This condition is characterized by eating very little and/or avoiding certain foods. It usually begins in childhood. People with ARFID may avoid certain foods because of their texture or odor.

Bulimia nervosa. The condition is marked by cycles of extreme overeating, known as bingeing, followed by purging or other behaviors to compensate for the overeating. It is also associated with feelings of loss of control about eating.

Binge eating disorder. This is characterized by regular episodes of extreme overeating and feelings of loss of control about eating.

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