YES it is considered an eating disorder. Overeating is as bad for you as under eating. If you over eat your body can function up to its full potential due to the systems shutting down or they are unable to keep up with everything dumped in the body. It depends on what you consider over eating, though. If what this person is doing is eating an obscene (to you) amount of food such as fruits, vegetables, etc. then that would not be considered over eating unless they are suffering from a specific condition of which there are far too many to mention in this one post.
The eating disorder known as EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified) is usually diagnosed to someone that is struggling from eating disorder behaviors but does not have the symptoms of bulimia or anorexia. Some symptoms of EDNOS include constant concern about food and weight, behaviors such as restricting eating or that compensate for eating (like exercising or purging).
Binge-eating disorder and compulisve-over-eating disorders are the newest "eating disorders" to be added to the medical lists.
With symptoms like that, a person may be suffering from a binge-eating disorder, a compulsive-over-eating disorder, or an emotional eating disorder.
Binge eating or complusive over-eating.
Well, no not technically. To have an eating disorder you have to either eat way more than you have to, or way less than you have to. You are just simply worried about your weight or your figure, and I say that if you really want to loose some weight do it the healthy way!
Binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa are both associated with periods of excessive eating/compulsive overeating. The difference comes in withcompensatorybehaviour.Bulimics compensate for their binging by either purging (inducing vomiting, using laxatives ordiureticsor enemas) or by fasting (not eating) or by exercising excessively. Thus, bulimics are generally not overweight.People with binge-eating disorder do not compensate for their excessive eating by purging, fasting or exercise. For this reason, people with binge-eating disorder are almost always overweight.
Well she develops an eating disorder and begins exercising vigorously and trying to lose weight.
It seems as though you are referring to bulimia. However, bulimia is characterized by binge eating followed by purging (throwing up). Binge eating alone would probably just be considered food addiction.
Binge-eating disorder is where you may feel shame or guilt about eating and those with this disorder tend to be on the heaver side.
Yes and No. If you do have binge eating disorder and want to lose weight, you should try to eat a stable diet without binging for a couple of weeks before exercising. If you cant do this talk to a doctor.
The first step to take is talking to an adult about the eating disorder. Then, the adult can take action by finding a nutritionist or talking to the teen, so the teen can get over the disorder. It's not usually easy to get over an eating disorder, since it alters the mind's way of thinking. If the teen wants to get over the disorder him- or herself, he or she can try to forget about the food he or she is eating, and as long as the person is eating healthy food it might be possible to maintain his or her weight and get over the disorder. This strategy is not easy, so it's better to talk to an adult.
compulsive over-eating and anything laced with binge eating large amounts over an extended time period