New Types of Eating Disorders

Due to the obsession of body image increasing, eating disorders is on the rise. Due to different reasons, people of all ages are losing their self esteem and in turn new eating disorders are arising.


These new eating disorders have been occurring in the past few years.      
These disorders can have long term health effects.

Here are a few of the disorders that are arising:


Pregorexia: is a disorder where a woman wants to control pregnancy weight gain through extreme dieting and exercise. This can affect the unborn child in a negative way. A pregnant woman needs to gain a certain amount of body weight for the baby to develop. This isnt the time for women to lose weight. 


Anorexia Athletica: is a disorder where someone tries to control weight loss by excessively exercising.  

Drunkorexia: is when someone has a restrictive diet so they can drink large amounts of alcohol without compromising their calorie intake. 

Gainers: Gainers is when someones mission is to gain as much weight as possible. This can be dangerous and can cause a number of conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, heart attack and stroke.

Binge Eating: is a disorder when someone binge eats. This type of eating can lead to obesity, anorexia or bulimia. 


Chew and Spit: As mentioned in a previous blog, this disorder is when the food is chewed but not swallowed in order to prevent consuming calories, when doing this, there are vital nutrients that are missing and can cause a number of health conditions and nutrient deficiencies. 

If you think or you are suffering from any of these disorders please talk to a health professional, counselor or your doctor. Talking about it is the first step to recovery. 

Further Reading: 

• http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/new-eating-disorders

• http://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/

• http://www.nedc.com.au/

• http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/types-symptoms-eating-disorders

• http://www.mayoclinic.org/pregorexia/expert-answers/faq-20058356
• http://www.acefitness.org/blog/1668/anorexia-athletica-the-not-so-healthy-mind-body

  

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