✨Anorexia nervosa is characterized by extreme weight loss and a distorted body image.
🌟Bulimia nervosa involves cycles of binge-eating followed by purging behaviors.
💔Both anorexia and bulimia can lead to serious physical consequences, such as organ damage and brittle bones.
😔Eating disorders can have serious psychological consequences, including memory disruption and mood swings.
⚠️Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
What is anorexia nervosa?
—Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by extreme weight loss and a distorted body image. People with anorexia refuse to eat, fearing weight gain.
What is bulimia nervosa?
—Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by cycles of binge-eating followed by purging behaviors. Individuals with bulimia often feel guilty or ashamed and may purge by vomiting or using laxatives.
What are the physical consequences of eating disorders?
—Eating disorders can lead to organ damage, brittle bones, and damage to the teeth and throat. They can also cause dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and organ failure.
What are the psychological consequences of eating disorders?
—People with eating disorders may experience disrupted memory, mood swings, and impaired thinking. They may also have low self-esteem and an excessive drive for achievement.
How dangerous are eating disorders?
—Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. People with anorexia die at a rate about six times higher than those without the disorder.
00:00Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are serious and potentially fatal conditions.
00:12Anorexia nervosa is characterized by extreme weight loss and a distorted body image.
00:33Bulimia nervosa involves cycles of binge-eating followed by purging behaviors.
01:23Both anorexia and bulimia can lead to serious physical consequences, such as organ damage and brittle bones.
02:27Eating disorders can have serious psychological consequences, including memory disruption and mood swings.
02:47Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
