What Causes eating disorders?
Our understanding of the cause is still not complete. For some the seeds may lie in:
- self doubt and uncertainties of adolescence
- unrealistic media images of perfection encourage individuals to use food as a 'crutch'
to escape feelings of worthlessness.
- repeated diet failures combined with a refusal to lower personal esteem and increase vulnerability
- Bullying at school or in the workplace
Eating disorders, such as compulsive or binge eating, anorexia, bulimia and dieting failure affect
millions of people worldwide. Sadly, people attempt to control eating disorders by dieting, fasting,
over-exercising, using slimming pills, diuretics, laxatives and purging.
These strategies can produce short term weight control, but do not provide a permanent answer and
can often make things even worse because the underlying problem has not been addressed.
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