Eating disorders

Bulimia is an eating disorder. It mostly affects girls and women aged 15-30 years. The word has a Latin Greek origin and means wolf hunger. It is characterized by bouts of overeating and subsequent disease weight control. They achieve this by vomiting, but also by other mechanisms.

People often associate anorexia with modelling, but the disorder affects many teenage girls, not just models.

Orthorexia is a modern eating disorder based on the exclusive intake of organic foods and dependence on healthy foods. How does this disorder arise and what are its symptoms? Can orthorexia be treated?