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Symptoms of eating disorders
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Symptoms of eating disorders
- Cognitive disturbances: distorted body image, distorted internal perceptions, maladaptive attitudes and illogical thinking.
- Preoccupation with food. Anorexia nervosa is characterised by a prolonged refusal to eat adequate amounts of food, resulting in weight loss. Bulimia Nervosa is characterised by ‘binge’ eating followed by purging, either by self-induced vomiting or the use of laxatives. A non-purging type of bulimia attempts to counteract the effects of food by strict dieting and/or vigorous exercise.
- Personality and mood problems. Depression and mood problems tend to accompany eating disorders as do obsessive compulsive patterns of behaviour.
- Medical problems e.g., amenorrhea, low blood pressure, body swelling, significant changes in appearance of skin, hair, nails etc.
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