Is it an eating disorder?

Know the signs and symptoms of eating disorders

Eating disorder signs and symptoms

• Dramatic weight gain or loss

• Frequently talking about food, weight, and shape

• Rapid or persistent decline or increase in food intake

• Excessive or compulsive exercise patterns

• Purging, restricting, binge eating, or compulsive eating

• Abuse of diet pills, laxatives, diuretics, or emetics

• Denial of food and eating problems, despite the concerns of others

• Eating in secret, hiding food, disrupting meals, feeling out of control with food

• Medical complications, such as menstrual irregularity, dizziness, fainting, bruising, dry skin, leg cramps, hair loss, brittle hair, osteoporosis, diarrhea, constipation, dental problems, diabetes, chest pain, heart disease, heartburn, shortness of breath, organ failure, and other serious symptoms