In psychiatric-mental health, eating disorders are characterized by abnormal eating patterns that cause physiological changes and psychological distress. Women are the most commonly affected due to the pressures of attaining the “ideal body weight and appearance”; however, there are also incidences of men who were found to have eating disorders. It is not only through commercialism and social media that individuals are influenced to work hard to attain that most desired physical appearance.
No one would choose to have an eating disorder. You wouldn’t make the choice to lose all of your friends because you can’t eat at restaurants, to exercise obsessively despite pain and injuries, or to binge eat until you feel like your stomach is going to burst. — Jennifer Rollin MSW, LCSW-C

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