{"id":563,"date":"2021-02-05T16:34:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/134.122.102.56\/SAND\/uk\/?post_type=professionals&p=563"},"modified":"2021-09-07T13:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:58:36","slug":"eating-disorders","status":"publish","type":"professionals","link":"https:\/\/path-perinatal.eu\/uk\/professionals\/eating-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Eating Disorders involves an unhealthy relationship with food, weight or body image. It involves a lot more than eating behaviour; people affected by them are constantly worried about weight gain, how to avoid taking in calories and how to get rid of calories.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Types of Eating Disorders1<\/sup>–<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anorexia Nervosa-<\/strong>

A disorder characterized by deliberate weight loss, induced and sustained by the patient. This can lead to undernutrition, endocrine, metabolic changes and disturbances of bodily function.

The symptoms include restricted dietary choice, excessive exercise, induced vomiting and purgation, and use of appetite suppressants and diuretics.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bulimia Nervosa-<\/strong>

<\/strong>A syndrome characterized by repeated bouts of overeating and an excessive preoccupation with the control of body weight, leading to a pattern of overeating followed by vomiting or use of purgatives.

Symptoms include overconcerns with body shape and weight, repeated vomiting, tiredness, feeling guilty, menstrual irregularities.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Binge Eating Disorder-<\/strong>

<\/strong>A disorder characterised by dieting and binge-eating, but the person does not make themselves vomit. It can cause significant weight gain and be very distressing for the individual.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Other types of eating disorders include<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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