The definition of an eating disorder is when a person eats, or refuses to eat, in order to satisfy a spiritual need and not a physical need or it can an emotional and physical problem that is associated with an obsession with food, body weight, or body shape#. There are numerous types of eating disorders which are anorexia nervosa, binge eating (compulsive eating), reverse anorexia nervosa (muscle dysphoria), and bulimia nervosa.

Anorexia nervosa is a disease when a person stops eating or looses their appetite because they fear of gaining too much weight. Anorexia does not develop at a specific age, it can happen at any time in a persons life. It is known that women suffer from anorexia more than men do, but the number of males are increasing. Most people who are anorexic may claim to be on a diet or lie and say that they...