Eating disorders are a group of conditions marked by an unhealthy relationship with food.

It tends to develop during the teenage and young adult years, and they are much more common in girls and women. No one knows the precise cause of eating disorders, but they seem to coexist with psychological and medical issues such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, trouble coping with emotions, and substance abuse.

At Lina’s and Dina’s center we work hard to help people with eating disorders. Since they have bad relationships with food, we try to fix this relationship by making them following healthy diet

Main types of eating disorder

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa. 
This is characterized by weight loss often due to excessive dieting and exercise, sometimes to the point of starvation. People with anorexia feel they can never be thin enough and continue to see themselves as “fat” despite extreme weight loss.

Bulimia nervosa.
The condition is marked by cycles of extreme overeating, known as bingeing, followed by purging or other behaviours to compensate for the overeating. It is also associated with feelings of loss of control about eating.

Signs of Anorexia Nervosa
People with anorexia nervosa have an extreme fear of gaining weight. They often diet and exercise relentlessly, sometimes to the point of starvation. About one-third to one-half of anorexics also binge and purge by vomiting or misusing laxatives. People with anorexia have a distorted body image, thinking they are overweight when in fact they are underweight. They may count calories obsessively and only allow themselves tiny portions of certain specific foods. When confronted, someone with anorexia will often deny that there’s a problem.

Signs of Bulimia
People with bulimia nervosa have episodes of eating large amounts of food (called bingeing) followed by purging (vomiting or using laxatives), fasting, or exercising excessively to compensate for the overeating.
Unlike anorexia, people with bulimia are often a normal weight. But they have the same intense fear of gaining weight and distorted body image. They see themselves as “fat” and desperately want to lose weight. Because they often feel ashamed and disgusted with themselves, people with bulimia become very good at hiding the bulimic behaviours.

Lina’s and Dina’s center provides people with bulimia and anorexia with a balanced diet that helps them to see themselves as they like to be because dietitians at Lina’s and Dina’s center think that the main key of prevention of eating disorders is fallowing a healthy diet.