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It's estimated that between 6 and 11 million Americans suffer from an eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.
While females are predominantly associated with eating disorders, an estimated 10 percent of those with anorexia or bulimia are male.
Symptoms of anorexia also include refusal to believe that one is not fat and denial of the dangers of low weight. This leads some people to compulsive eating rituals and little tolerance for change.
Bulimia and anorexia are separate illnesses. Those who suffer from bulimia often go on usually secretive binges where they raid their refrigerators and eat uncontrollably. The excess intake of food makes them feel guilty, and they cause themselves to vomit or misuse laxatives to purge the extra calories.
About half of those who've suffered from anorexia develop bulimia or bulimic patterns.
Impulse control is a large part of bulimia, meaning the person acts with little consideration of consequences. This often shows up in risk-taking behavior such as shoplifting, and alcohol and drug abuse.
Emotional suffering is often linked with eating disorders. It includes depression, feelings of helplessness, anxiety, shame, believing that people are constantly staring, obsessive behavior, loneliness and hopelessness.
Medical problems brought on by eating disorders include a weakened immune system, loss of bone and muscle mass, infertility, liver and kidney damage, cardiac arrest, increased risk for some types of cancer and diabetes and anemia. With proper treatment, the percentage falls to 2-3 percent.
Eating disorders tend to run in families. Children with parents who have an eating disorder are at a much greater risk of developing a disorder themselves.
While eating disorders cannot be transmitted through bacteria or viral infection like the flu, research has shown that the behavior of disordered eating can be contagious. When a person has anorexia or bulimia, those who they are in close contact with (such as friends, roommates or co-members of sports teams) are at higher risk for developing an eating disorder.
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