SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
BEHAVIOUR SIGNS
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Stay away from food, pretend you’re not hungry when you are
• Become socially isolated
• Think you are fat when everyone is saying you are underweight
• Feel weak/have less strength
• Weigh and measure food, check calories, keep a food diary
• Find it hard to concentrate, be in a bad mood
• Check your weight over and over
• Hide food and pretend you’ve eaten it
• Do a lot of exercise and get upset if something stops you from exercising
BULIMIA NERVOSA
• Eat a lot of food (binge)
• Make yourself vomit after you eat (purge)
• Exercise more than usual
• Are obsessed with food
• Not able to control your eating
• Believe you are fat when everyone says you aren’t
• Use laxatives, diuretics or enemas
• Avoid food
• Secretive, not wanting to socialize
BINGE EATING DISORDER
• Lose control of eating
• Put yourself down after eating
• Blame failures on your weight
• Have mood swings and show signs of depression
• Use lots of diet plans
• Hide food to eat later
• Secret eating patterns
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
• Lose a lot of weight
• Grow soft, fine hair on your body and face