Anorexia And Anorexia Are Often Confused Amongst Humans

Bulimia and Anorexia are often confused amongst humans. Bulimic people may have many reasoning’s that support their causes for binging, and anorexic people also have reasoning’s that illustrate their causations of being anorexic. Appearance and self-esteem may play a major role towards people who may binge often, and people who are anorexic may just have a fear to eat based on their body figures. However, many confuse the two due to the similar meanings of body weight. This paper will analyze observations from different research studies that show’s various treatment outcomes, symptoms, behavioral interventions and causations for adolescent patients who have experienced bulimia and anorexia throughout the course of their life. Being bulimic†¦show more content†¦398). Based on these characterizations from researchers, Bulimia and Anorexia are both known for weight loss. Each disorder had a diagnostic criterion from the DSM IV (Diagnostic statistical manual 5). The criteria discussed major symptoms that affected people who binged and people who were anorexic. These symptoms were stated as the following; for anorexia nervosa symptoms included â€Å"refusal to maintain body weight at or above minimally normal weight for age and height, intense fear of gaining weight, becoming fat even though the person is underweight, and disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced† (Netherton, Holmes Walker, 1999, pg. 398). As for Bulimia nervosa some symptoms tended to be the same as Anorexia nervosa. Researchers stated the following symptoms for bulimic people â€Å"recurrent episodes of binge eating, eating in a discrete period of time, including large portion meals, sense of lack of control over eating during the episode, recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior in order to prevent weight gain, and self-evaluation† (Netherton, Holmes, Walker, 1999, pg. 398). Based on the symptoms described in the DSM IV, some symptoms tended to be the same which, dealt with the fears of weight gain. As far as prevalence for Bulimia and Anorexia, Netherton, Holmes, and