What makes for an eating disorder?
By Corimore
@Corimore (249)
United States
October 29, 2008 11:01pm CST
If you eat to much or not enough? If you eat strange things like chalk? Do you know anyone with an eating disorder?
2 responses
@mizcash (685)
• Canada
30 Oct 08
Any ssort of eating disorder is when you have a bad relationship with food. When you use food for other than it's mean't to be example food is there to sustain you and to keep you strong but some people use food as a crutch, to make them feel happy or safe. On the other hand others may think food is a bad thing, it'll make then fat or it takes away from who they are, whatevewr it is it's a disorder and help should be acquire to get to the foundation of the problem.
@ladysurvivor (4746)
• Malaysia
30 Oct 08
Eating disorder is an irregularity in your eating habits. It means the way you eat is different from a normal way. If you eat too little this is also considered as an eating disorder. A person who suffers from bullemia often eats very little and they always avoid from eating anything. Some of them only eat raw vegetables and nothing else. This will result in an ugly personal appearance because they become very thin and their skull can be obviously seen.
If you eat too much this is also a type of eating disorder. A person who eats too much can get very fat because the body couldn't burn all the food and turn it into energy. So the balance of the unused food is turned into body fat.
If someone is eating chalk, I think this is a type of eating disorder too. I've watched from the television a person only eats sand because she has an illness and by eating sand she feels healthier. It is very weird indeed.



