Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are two types of eating disorders that are very often associated with a poor self- image and with a strong obsession with losing weight, believing the one is fat. The affected person’s obsession with losing the weight, becomes so much that they reach a certain point in which they don not even realize just how truly severe and how much of a serious issue the disorder is. Eating disorders have become major problem among children, especially in adolescent females. The two most common types of eating disorders or anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Anorexia nervosa is often characterized by the inability to eat over long periods of time. Which, can then lead to an excessive amount of weight loss, electrolyte imbalance, and a life threatening state. …show more content…
Those suffering from anorexia, do not really experience loss of appetite, but tend to refuse to eat instead. “Someone with this eating disorder has an extreme fear of gaining weight and getting fat even though her body weight is extremely low.” Psy book Someone suffering from Bulimia, in contrast is characterized by binge eating which is then often followed by the purging of the consumed food. Characteristic behaviors of someone with Bulimia include: self-induce vomiting, excessive amounts of laxatives, and even starvation. “Bulimia nervosa is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating.” https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/bulimia-nervosa Typical characteristics of someone suffering from anorexia nervosa include: intense fear of becoming fat, exercising excessively, and body image distortion. This is, the person still feels as if she looks fat even though they might be really