Chapter 18, Problem 62P

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Difference between anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

Introduction:

Different people have different eating characteristics and there are different eating disorders as well. These eating disorders have a very bad impact on the person both physically and mentally. Some eating disorders along with their main characteristic or symptom are pica (a disorder of eating non-food items), binge (people eat more in a short span of time), rumination disorder (the person affected by it regurgitate food) and some others.