What is an Eating and Nutrition Disorder?

Our basic needs such as sleeping and shelter also include our eating behaviors. Healthy nutrition is of great importance for people to continue their lives. Although eating behavior seems like a physiological need, it also includes underlying psychological states. While angry or tense situations cause an increase in people's eating behavior, a decrease in appetite may occur in exciting situations. When a factor that is contrary to healthy eating behavior occurs, people act unconsciously and their reactions may go beyond normal.

Especially in recent years, the media's emphasis on thinness; It can cause young adults to misjudge their own body perceptions and engage in behaviors such as excessive exercise, excessive dieting, unhealthy nutrition, vomiting up what they eat, and using laxatives. Media, which creates the perception that overweight is not accepted by society, has a negative impact on people and prepares the environment for health-threatening behaviors.

Anorexia Nervosa and Blumia Nervosa are the most important subtypes of eating and nutritional disorders that require psychological treatment to be started as soon as possible. are the titles. Anorexia Nervosa; is manifested by a low body appearance, a fear of becoming fat and gaining weight, which threatens the person's physical health. Individuals do not evaluate themselves as having problems at that time. In Blumiya Nervosa, an excessive eating behavior is observed at certain times, and as a result, people begin to vomit what they eat out of fear of gaining weight. Using laxatives or vomiting after overeating are among the characteristics of Blumia Nervosa.

Eating disorders, which are more common in Western societies, have made significant progress in our country in recent years. Eating disorders, which are considered important medical conditions, are a diagnostic group that needs to be treated for the physical and psychological health of people. If the treatment plan is not followed, the results worsen dramatically. Focusing on the psychological states of individuals diagnosed with eating disorders It is important to create the right formulation and apply a treatment plan accordingly by focusing on the problem and why, how and in what way it came to this situation.

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