Could You Have An Eating Disorder And Not Know It?
Could You Have An Eating Disorder And Not Know It?
Take this quiz to figure out what ED you may have. If you are suffering please seek help from a medical professional.
Take this quiz to figure out what ED you may have. If you are suffering please seek help from a medical professional.
Do you agree with this statement?
How often do you weigh yourself?
Do you ever feel hungry after eating?
Would you ever purge after eating?
What do you think of Thinspo?
Have you ever fasted to lose weight?
Which look do you prefer, Victoria's Secret model or Dove model?
How does this picture make you feel?
Do you eat tiny portions or only eat certain food groups (i.e. only vegetables and fruits)?
Are you familiar with these?
Do you exercise?
Are you aware that eating disorders can cause permanent and irreversible damage to your body?
Anorexia Nervosa/Anorexic
Anorexia Nervosa/Anorexic
Anorexia: An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food. Anorexia is a serious psychological disorder.
There are two types of anorexia nervosa:
Restricting type— The person restricts their food intake on their own and does not engage in binge-eating or purging behavior.
Binge eating/purging type — The person self-induces vomiting or misuses laxatives, diuretics, or enemas. They tend to cycle between this behavior restricting calories.
Bulimia Nervosa/Bulimic
Bulimia Nervosa/Bulimic
Bulimia: An eating disorder characterized by episodes of secretive excessive eating (binge-eating) followed by inappropriate methods of weight control, such as self-induced vomiting (purging), abuse of laxatives and diuretics, or excessive exercise.
Orthorexia Nervosa/Orthorexic
Orthorexia Nervosa/Orthorexic
Orthorexia: A term designating a disorder in which there is an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating, an extreme dedication to extreme diets that can starve the body of basic nutrition. The emphasis (or overemphasis) is on the quality, not the quantity, of food in the diet.
Binge Eating Disorder/BED
Binge Eating Disorder/BED
Eating an unusually large amount of food without feeling loss of control may be more appropriately termed as "overeating" instead of "binge eating". As with other eating disorders, binge eating is an "expressive disorder"—a disorder that is an expression of deeper psychological problems.
EDNOS OR NONE
EDNOS OR NONE
Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS): There are variants of disordered eating that do not meet the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. OR You do not have an eating disorder.