The Scoop February 2016 | Page 7

The three major types of eating disorders

are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa,

and binge-eating disorder. While they

are still other eating disorders, these

three steal the spotlight. Eating

disorders are characterized

abnormal eating habits. It’s not

uncommon for eating disorders

to be deemed as attention-

seeking tactics every time the topic

is brought up. There are endless

misconceptions surrounding the

idea that patients are keeping an

intense watch on their weight so

that they can earn compliments from

others or that they are just calling

themselves fat in order for people to

correct them on it. Truth to be told,

these are nothing but rude and

ignorant assumptions about eating

disorders. To emphasize the point

of this zine, these are

psychological disorders meaning

there is something wrong in a

person’s brain chemistry,

therefore patients’ actions

can’t be explained using

common sense.

Eating Disorders