Showing posts with label compulsive overeating disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compulsive overeating disorder. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Treatment Center for Overeaters

When you hear something about a treatment center the first thing that comes into your mind are either drug addicts or alcoholics because this is usually the place where substance abusers are admitted. Well, there is another kind of treatment center that still deals with clients that are addicted but to a different kind of substance, and that is food.

Eating disorder treatment center is a place for looking after individuals with anorexia and bulimia conditions. They offer help for these individuals who overeat due to depression, stress, pressure, anxiety, tension or trauma. Bulimia is a common mental illness of people who eats way more that the normal body’s requirement and in a fixed period of time. After they have consumed a hefty load of food, they would try to eliminate it by vomiting, heavy exercise, diet pills and drug consumption.

In order to obtain bulimia recovery programs are enforced. These programs are met through vigorous focus on the problem at hand. Transition in a healthy living, away from bad old habit is a way to allow the patients to identify and work on their issues to enhance their coping skills with the guidance of the dedicated staffs.

The staffs are usually composed of people dedicate to pour their time on supervising and counseling individuals with compulsive overeating disorder. Professionals such as dieticians, physicians, psychiatrists, therapists, psychologists and counselors compose the team. They have years of experience in this line of work which ensures long term effect and recovery.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Binge Eating

Birthdays, graduations and anniversaries are among the several occasions when indulging on food is a trend. After all, these are special events that do not happen everyday. In this case, food intake and the amount of calories do not seem to matter at all. There are other people, though, who over-indulge on food even on regular days. These people who overeat have binge-eating disorders, a serious eating disorder characterized by too much consumption of food with short periods of time known as binge periods or binge episodes.

Persons suffering from compulsive overeating disorder otherwise known as binge-eating disorder carry with them the guilt and embarrassment for over-eating and would usually make promises to get away from the habit of binge eating. However, most of these persons fail to get away from this vice. A person suffering from binge eating disorder regularly consumes excessive amount of food.

There are no established physical signs and symptoms yet for this eating disorder, but women’s eating disorder program says that binge eating can occur among the overweight and obese or even among those who have normal weights. In most instances, binge eaters are likely to exhibit behaviors such as eating large amounts of food, even when already full. The person may also feel unable to control his/her eating behavior. Binge eaters too often experiences depression and anxiety over their body weight and are more likely to feel disgusted about their eating behaviors.