SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

All of the following signs could be noticed in people with an Eating Disorder.
Even if not all of them appear the disease has to be taken seriously!

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

Weight loss
Very secretive about eating patterns
Becoming withdrawn
Fatigue
Freezing all the time
Excuses for not eating
Wearing baggy clothes
Shame after eating
Depression and moodswings
Irregular menstruation or complet loss
Selfinduced vomiting, taking laxatives, diuretics, ......
Fainting spells, dizziness
Obsession with scales and calories
Excessive exercise
Not eating in public
Perfectionistic attidude
Restricting food
Pale complexion
Selfesteem determinded by the amound of the eaten food

BULIMIA NERVOSA

Binge eating
Food missing
Vomiting ( bathroom visits fter meals)
Fasting
Tooth decay
Avoidance of resaurants and eating in public
Depression, mood swing
Low selfesteem
Feeling guilty after eating
Taking laxatives, diuretics, ipeac or diet pills
Fear of not being able to stop eating
Excessice execise
Fatigue
Muscel weakness
Swollen glands

COMPULSIVE OVEREATING

Binge eating
Depression
Fear of not being able to stop eating
Weight is the center of live
Becoming withdrawn
Keeping many diets
Low selfesteem
Thinking everything would be better when they loose weight
Feeling ashamed and guilty after eating