Different Kinds/Types of Eating Disorders

Bulimia Nervosa

At first you eat quickly and excessively. This is followed by vomiting, fasting, exercise, laxatives or medicine in order to avoid an increase in weight. More.

Anorexia Nervosa

You don't eat enough to maintain your normal weight. You are very afraid of becoming fat and have false ideas about your weight and figure. More.

Binge Eating

You eat too much in periods as a consequence of a craving for food which exceeds your real nutritional needs. More.

Partial Syndrome

You limit your intake of food and are preoccupied with your weight, you swing between frenzied eating and vomiting, and have other eating disorders symptoms, but still do not meet the full diagnostic criteria for full-blown eating disorders.

Obsessive Dieters or "weight-preoccupied" individuals

You think a lot about your weight and figure but not so much that you belong to the "Partial Syndrome" group.

Obese individuals with eating disorders

You eat more than you need and allow your weight to become too high for good health. Overweight can have other causes than eating disorders and can be caused by an eating disorder if there are psychological reasons for eating more than the body needs, such as when negative emotions (anger, boredom, disappointment, etc.) cause an abnormal craving for food.

Non-classifiable Disturbances