Eating disorders are characterized by repeated attempts to control eating due to intense fear of gaining weight and the exaggeration of the importance of weight or body shape, some of these disorders are the following:
Anorexia is associated with a significant restriction in eating, fear of gaining weight and a distortion of body image.
Bulimia is characterized by large binges on food with loss of control over it and is associated with compensatory behaviors as a result of the guilt that this ingestion produces.
Binge eating disorder shows lack of control when eating, it is associated with great emotional discomfort.
Therefore, we can conclude that eating disorders are associated with fear of gaining weight and a self-assessment that is highly focused on body image.
