We live in a society in which physical appearance is very important and in which; Furthermore, beauty is related to having a body that looks a very specific way. How does this affect our mental health?
This has made diets and fads emerge around foodas well as technological applications that count calories, They calculate your portions or tell you how long you “should” fast for. to meet certain standards that have been defined about what is beautiful.
All of this can affect the relationship you have with food by altering your eating schedules, eating patterns, and even emotional responses to food.
This puts us in a complicated situation, in the midst of this constant bombardment of information and misinformation about how we should eat. Where should the line be drawn between eating problems and eating disorders?
In order to understand this, it is important to start by defining what are the expected feeding standards and, from this, define what are the conditions that arise from there.
We understand a normal diet, which does not present any type of disorder, when People consciously consume food when they are hungry and are able to stop once they feel satisfied. Furthermore, part of normal eating behavior is defined by incorporation of different foods in the daily diet.
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According to this definition, we can begin to identify the problematic eating patterns:
- Eat for boredom.
- Consume alone certain types food.
- Eat in excessdespite the feeling of fullness.
- Delete way definitively a main food group of the diet.
So, An eating problem is some pattern that demonstrates a problematic relationship with food, which may or may not have a relationship with emotional responses.
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Besides, Eating disorders are conditions in which there is a serious alteration in eating behaviors. which is accompanied by insistent worried thoughts about food and/or the appearance of the body, as well as emotional responses of discomfort. These disorders; In addition, they bring important consequences on a physical, psychological and social level. Currently, the following are categorized as eating disorders:
In conclusion, an eating problem can be any situation that affects our relationship with food and changes our eating patterns and habits.
Understanding it this way, many of us can have some type of problem related to eating and go on some diets, change our eating patterns or eat due to stress, but not all of us develop an eating disorder.