Eating Disorder is a physical as well as a psychological disorder that develops as a result of stressful eating habits and irregular weight problems.

Eating disorders can include inadequate or excessive intake of foods that endanger human health. Its most common types are anorexia and bulimia. It applies to both women and men.

Eating disorders can develop at any stage of life. However, it most often appears in teenagers and young adults. If it is classified as a medical problem, an appropriate course of treatment is effective.

Although these conditions are curable, the appearance of inattention to its symptoms can be fatal. Conditions such as anxiety, drug addiction, or depression coexist with eating disorders.

During an eating disorder, women and men experience common signs and symptoms. Here are some common signs that you should know about eating disorder:

1. Chronic diet, despite a small weight
2. Constant changes in weight;
3. Dependence on calories and fatty products;
4. Forms of food such as breaking down food and eating it eat alone or hiding food;
5. Obsessive attitudes towards food, recipes, and food preparation;
6. Depression or lifelessness;
7. Avoiding and isolating from social responsibilities, family members, and friends;
8. Mixed phases of starvation and excessive food intake.

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Depending on the severity of these conditions, different professionals start working with the patient. Among them are doctors, therapists, and nutritionists. When planning treatment, they take into account both the recovery of their health and the individual situation of the patient.

Psychiatrists/psychologists try to determine the causes of eating disorders through various forms of psychotherapy. In the treatment of this disease, therapy is one of the key links. It examines the psychological attitudes in a patient that may have arisen after traumatic life experience.

Nutritionists are involved in weight management, individual food rationing, and normal eating habits.

As for the doctors, they are learning which aspect of health was affected by the eating disorder, or vice versa, whether this condition is caused by another health problem.