Eating disorders are serious health conditions that affect both your physical and mental health. These conditions include problems in how you think about food, eating, weight and shape, and in your eating behaviors. They are very dangerous, because they can become long-term problems, and, in extreme cases, they can cause dead. This information is based on the Mayo Clinic hospital.
Risk Factors
Anyone can develop an eating disorder. Eating disorders often start in the teen and young adult years. But they can occur at any age.
Certain factors may increase the risk of developing an eating disorder, including:
- Family history: Familiakoren batek (guraso edo anaia-arrebaren batek) elikadura-nahaste bat izan izana.
- Other mental health issues: Trauma, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health issues can increase the likelihood of an eating disorder.
- Dieting and starvation: Frequent dieting is a risk factor for an eating disorder, especially with weight that is constantly going up and down when getting on and off new diets.
- A history of weight bullying: People who have been teased or bullied for their weight are more likely to develop problems with eating and eating disorders.
- Stress
Complications
Eating disorders cause a wide variety of complications, some of them life-threatening. Serious health problems.
- Depression and anxiety.
- Suicidal thoughts or behavior.
- Problems with growth and development.
- Social and relationship problems.
- Work and school issues.
- Death.
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