Abstract

Eating disorders are diseases that cause severe malnutrition, including extreme thinness, as a result of abnormal eating behaviours such as intentional apocleisis, binge-eating, and self-vomiting, and they are caused by an intense fear of becoming obese. Eating disorders are classified as mental illnesses. It is a well-established fact that over the course of the last half-century, there has been a worldwide rise in the number of people diagnosed with eating disorders. It is estimated that one to two million women in the United States fit the diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa (BN), and it is estimated that 500,000 women in the United States satisfy the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa (AN). 1) One of the causes for the growth in eating disorders seems to be connected to the increased level of interest in health that has been seen in recent years, as well as the excessive sensitivity regarding body weight and physical appearance that is mostly seen among younger people.

Keywords

• anorexia nervosa,
• bulimia nervosa,
• severe malnutrition

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