Anorexia Nervosa:
The term anorexia is Greek which means “lack of appetite.” Anorexia is an eating disorder determined by low body weight and body image distortion. It is an obsessive fear of gaining weight.
Bulimia Nervosa:
Bulimia nervosa is a type of eating disorder. It is often called just bulimia. A person with bulimia eats a lot of food in a short amount of time and proceeds to purge the food consumed.
Binge Eating:
A binge eating disorder is characterized primarily by periods of uncontrolled, impulsive, or continuous eating beyond the point of feeling comfortably full.
Anorexia Athletica:
Anorexia athletica is when a person no longer enjoys exercise, but feels obligated to do so.
Over Exercise:
or compulsive exercising is a problem when the person is scheduling life around exercise just like people with eating disorders schedule their lives around eating or not eating
Over Eating:
Compulsive over eating is the excessive consumption of food (bingeing), often thousands of calories at a time
Night Eating:
Night eating syndrome is characterized by a lack of appetite in the morning and overeating at night with agitation and insomnia
Orthorexia:
Orthorexia nervosa is one of a little-known group of eating disorders. Orthorexia nervosa refers to a fixation on eating proper food.
Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS):
If a person is struggling with eating disorder thoughts, feelings or behaviors, but does not have all the symptoms of anorexia or bulimia, that person may be diagnosed with eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS).
Diabulimia
Diabulimia refers to an eating disorder in which people with Type 1 diabetes deliberately give themselves less insulin than they need, for the purpose of weight loss.
This information was gathered from www.eatingdisorderonline.com
If there is an eating disorder not written here then feeling free to let us know and we will add it to the list.