Our food eating is determined by a number of factors such as food availability, strength of appetite, the practices of our friends, acquaintances and wider culture, family or voluntary control.

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In response to a rash of deaths from anorexia in Brazil — 6 since Ana Carolina Reston died in November — the Brazilian fashion industry is waking up to the fact that they might have a role in fostering very unhealthy practices.

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Adolescence can be one of the most stressful times in a young person’s life and it is the time when they begin discovering their identities and are becoming more independent.

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A Swedish study has concluded that as many as 30 per cent of women with the binge-eating disorder bulimia nervosa could be suffering from an imbalance of sex hormones.

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Magazine headlines entice teenage girls with promises like, “Get the body you want!” or “Hit your dream weight now!” But a new study suggests reading articles about diet and weight loss could have unhealthy consequences later.

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There are basically three types of eating disorders and these include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa as well as ED-NOS or Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified. Many young people including young women intensely fear gaining weight and having a distorted body image and this may cause them to eat less due to fear of putting on extra weight.

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Our culture is diet obsessed. Eighty percent of U.S. women are dissatisfied with their appearance and 89 percent want to lose weight. As a nation, we spend more than $50 billion on diet products each year.

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Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are both eating disorders. Anorexia involves people who intentionally starve themselves when they are already underweight. Individuals with anorexia have a body weight that is 15 percent or more below recommended levels (as determined by a standard height-weight table). People suffering from this disorder have an intense fear of becoming fat, even when they are extremely underweight, and are usually unable to perceive their physical appearance accurately. Many females with anorexia stop having their menstrual cycle (period) for several months, a condition called amenorrhea.

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