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Treating Eating Disorders: I need help on treatment for Eating Disorders. Can some one please answer?
(24 Apr 2008)
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Symptoms and Causes of Eating Disorder
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are eating disorders affecting the adolescents and young women. These eating disorders are developed with a view of weight management.
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self starvation and emaciation. People suffering from anorexia have a feeling of becoming fat and hence would purposely starve themselves. Weight loss is viewed as sign of extraordinary achievement and weight gain leads to loss of self control. Depression is the main reason for such eating disorder.
Bulimia nervosa is characterized by binge eating wherein the amount of food eaten is larger than most individuals eat normally. This occurs within short period of time within 2 hours and then the eating is accompanied by loss of control. Individuals with bulimia tend to overeat and then induce vomiting with the fear of gaining weight and people with binge eating disorders overeat but do not induce vomiting leading to obesity.
Avoid fried fatty foods like ice creams, cheese or yoghurt as it can lead to obesity. Eat only two or three times a day as it can reduce the desire to eat. While eating listen to soft soothing music so that the system is not over stimulated.
Whenever there is a desire to eat have a licorice candy or a handful of raisins as it reduced the desire. Yoga asana like bow, boat and peacock poses is useful for reducing eating disorders.
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answered by Andrea Valentin on 24 Apr 2008, 9:39:07
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