Eating Disorders

Signs of an Eating Disorder

• Restrictive and unusual about food
• Won't eat in front of others
• Collects recipes and cooks meals for others without eating
• Food goes missing
• Avoids others
• Focus on body shape and size
• There is a change in clothing worn

There is a commonly held view that eating disorders are a lifestyle choice. Eating disorders are actually serious and often fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.