Eating Disorders Are Associated With Over-Exercise
Sunday, March 4, 2012
In the English-speaking and European culture, the perfect image of women, if we are to ask today's trend-makers, is for them to be as svelte as little girls. My partner of over 30 years was just as appalled, and we both came to the realization that today's women are fostering unrealistic expectations when it comes to their figure, all because the likes of America's Next Top Model and Victoria's Secret, among others are telling them that the difference between skinny and sexy is just the letters in the middle.
And it is also sad to note that women are more susceptible than ever to eating disorders and unreasonable exercise regimens that could lead to life-threatening or even fatal conditions.
Here are the most commonly developed eating disorders:
Anorexia nervosa is a life threatening disorder that occurs when you eat very little food and become obsessed about your weight even when you are badly underweight. A person with anorexia will consider herself as fat or overweight when standing in front of a mirror despite the fact that she has precious little weight holding her bones up. They wouldn't care if they are well below 80 pounds (lighter than even a 12-year-old child of normal weight), as long as they don't look "fat" - and would take as much diet pills or even laxatives as they deem necessary to this end.
As for bulimia, this is an eating disorder where the sufferer gorges himself/herself on food before withdrawing everything out just like that. A person who suffers from this condition would eat anything, and that means anything, including junk food, and will purge the food out by means of laxatives or by means of vomiting. This is a dangerous practice that could upset the body's balance of minerals in the bloodstream and could be hazardous to the heart.
While not remotely as dangerous as bulimia and anorexia nervosa, the process of seconding compulsive overeating with compulsive over exercising is not healthy and could manifest itself psychologically as well. This particular disorder involves eating a hearty amount of food, often of the unhealthy kind, followed up by an unreasonably long and intense exercise routine.
It is estimated that more than one out of three collage female athletes may at one time develop an eating disorder. If you are one of the many people out there who suffer from an eating disorder, it is advised that you seek medical assistance - you wouldn't want to join Gia and Karen up there in the big runway and concert hall, respectively, in the sky.
And it is also sad to note that women are more susceptible than ever to eating disorders and unreasonable exercise regimens that could lead to life-threatening or even fatal conditions.
Here are the most commonly developed eating disorders:
Anorexia nervosa is a life threatening disorder that occurs when you eat very little food and become obsessed about your weight even when you are badly underweight. A person with anorexia will consider herself as fat or overweight when standing in front of a mirror despite the fact that she has precious little weight holding her bones up. They wouldn't care if they are well below 80 pounds (lighter than even a 12-year-old child of normal weight), as long as they don't look "fat" - and would take as much diet pills or even laxatives as they deem necessary to this end.
As for bulimia, this is an eating disorder where the sufferer gorges himself/herself on food before withdrawing everything out just like that. A person who suffers from this condition would eat anything, and that means anything, including junk food, and will purge the food out by means of laxatives or by means of vomiting. This is a dangerous practice that could upset the body's balance of minerals in the bloodstream and could be hazardous to the heart.
While not remotely as dangerous as bulimia and anorexia nervosa, the process of seconding compulsive overeating with compulsive over exercising is not healthy and could manifest itself psychologically as well. This particular disorder involves eating a hearty amount of food, often of the unhealthy kind, followed up by an unreasonably long and intense exercise routine.
It is estimated that more than one out of three collage female athletes may at one time develop an eating disorder. If you are one of the many people out there who suffer from an eating disorder, it is advised that you seek medical assistance - you wouldn't want to join Gia and Karen up there in the big runway and concert hall, respectively, in the sky.
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