DeAndra Hunter

An eating disorder is characterized by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and emotional health. Not all people who have a eating disorder don’t starve themselves, some people believe it or not ea eat too much!

1. Dramatic weight loss in a relatively short period of time. 2. Wearing big or baggy clothes or dressing in layers to hide body shape and/or weight loss. 3. Obsession with weight and complaining of weight problems (even if "average" weight or thin). 4. Obsession with calories and fat content of foods. Obsession with continuous exercise. 5. Frequent trips to the bathroom immediately following meals (sometimes accompanied with water running in the bathroom for a long period of time to hide the sound of vomiting). 6. Visible food restriction and self- starvation. Visible bingeing and/or purging. Use or hiding use of diet pills, laxatives, ipecac syrup (can cause immediate death!) or enemas. Isolation. Fear of eating around and with others.

1. Fear of not being able to control eating, and while eating, not being able to stop. 2. Isolation. 3. Fear of eating around and with others. 4. Chronic dieting on a variety of popular diet plans. Holding the belief that life will be better if they can lose weight. 5. Hiding food in strange places (closets, cabinets, suitcases, under the bed) to eat at a later time. Vague or secretive eating patterns. 6. Self-defeating statements after food consumption. Blames failure in social and professional community on weight.

1. Therapy 2. Group sessions 3. Homes for people with eating disorders 4. Camps

 It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men  One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia  Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia  Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses.)  An estimated 10 – 15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are males

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