Eating disorders

People with binge-eating disorder:

• Focus on eating only healthy foods.

• Don't try to compensate by purging food.

• Schedule times to overeat.

People with anorexia:

• have an intense fear of being fat.

• feel better when they’ve reached their goal weight.

• eat huge amounts of food, but don’t gain weight.

People with bulimia:

• don’t participate in sports.

• quickly begin to look very different.

• may use laxatives or diuretics to lose weight.

True or false: People with eating disorders often hide their extreme eating behaviors from others.

• True

• False

True or false: Eating disorders are common among teens.

• True

• False

True or false: You can tell by looking at a person if he or she has an eating disorder.

• True

• False

True or false: People with eating disorders can become withdrawn and less social.

• True

• False

True or false: Eating disorders are treated with medication because they're purely physical problems.

• True

• False