Eating disorders are serious mental and physical illnesses that involve complex and damaging relationships with food, eating, exercise, and body image.
Eating disorders are found in all populations regardless of age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, sex, gender, etc.

The DSM-5 (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition) lists eating disorders under the category of “Feeding & Eating Disorders” and describes that they are “characterized by a persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning


#daringgreatly, #everythingisfigureoutable, #heartcentered, #mcjerryjay, #mentalhealthawareness, #nigeria, #osuntoogunjames, #personaldevelopment, #personaldevelopmentjourney, #personalgrowthpodcast, #selfcare, #selfcarejourney, #selfcarematters, #shiftyourmindset, #soulpreneuer, #who #mentalhealthwithjames #james #rich