International No Diet Day: Four Eating Disorders That Keep The  Body Unhealthy

The International No Diet Day observed on May 6 is aimed at helping men and women around the world to appreciate their own bodies. The day is used to help tackle tough issues regarding diet and body awareness, focusing on a number of issues.

Most eating disorders involve focusing too much on weight, body shape and food. This can lead to dangerous eating behaviours.

 Eating disorders can harm the heart, digestive system, bones, teeth and mouth. They can lead to other diseases. They’re also linked with depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.  Here are four eating behaviours that must be avoided.

Anorexia

Anorexia, also called anorexia nervosa, can be a life-threatening eating disorder. It includes an unhealthy low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, and a view of weight and shape that is not realistic. Anorexia often involves using extreme efforts to control weight and shape, which often seriously interfere with health and daily life.

Bulimia

Bulimia is also known as bulimia nervosa. It is a serious, sometimes life-threatening eating disorder. Bulimia includes episodes of bingeing, commonly followed by episodes of purging.

 Sometimes bulimia also includes severely limiting eating for periods of time. This often leads to stronger urges to binge eat and then purge.

Binge-eating disorder

Binge-eating disorder involves eating food in a short amount of time. When bingeing, it feels like there’s no control over eating. But binge eating is not followed by purging.

During a binge, people may eat food faster or eat more food than planned. Even when not hungry, eating may continue long past feeling uncomfortably full.

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

Avoidant/restrictive food intake is an eating disorder that extremely limits eating or not eating certain foods. The pattern of eating often doesn’t meet minimum daily nutrition needs. This may lead to problems with growth, development and functioning in daily life issues that may be addressed on the International No Diet Day.

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